Tarzan Escapes

Tarzan Escapes
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Thorpe
John Farrow (uncredited)
James C. McKay (uncredited)
George B. Seitz
William A. Wellman
Screenplay byCyril Hume
Based onCharacters created
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced byBernard H. Hyman
Philip Goldstone
Jack Cummings
StarringJohnny Weissmuller
Maureen O'Sullivan
CinematographyLeonard Smith
Edited byW. Donn Hayes
Music byWilliam Axt
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • November 6, 1936 (1936-11-06)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000

Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes". Previous films were Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934), with Jane's bikini-like attire and the famous skinny-dipping sequence. Weissmuller and O'Sullivan starred together in three more Tarzan films, Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942).