About
Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.
Cast
Ron Ely
as Tarzan
Manuel Padilla Jr.
as Jai
Alan Caillou
as Jason Flood
Rockne Tarkington
as Rao
Episodes
Season 1
Eyes of the Lion
A man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.
The Ultimate Weapon
When a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.
Leopard on the Loose
A trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.
A Life for a Life
After a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.
The Prisoner
When a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.
The Three Faces of Death
When the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan, dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, but a member of the tribe opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death, be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.
The Prodigal Puma
An embittered big-game hunter tries to steal a rare puma that Tarzan has captured.
The Deadly Silence (1)
Tarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.
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