Tarzan a Manhattan

Joe Lara was the latest in a long line of players to take on the role of Tarzan as Edgar Rice Burroughs hero goes to Manhattan to rescue his pal Cheetah. And he thought Africa had some jungles.

Someone has kidnapped Tarzan's favorite simian and has left a few nondescript but telltale clues. With that Tarzan is off to New York.

Where he meets Jane Porter a cabdriver played by Kim Crosby and her father retired detective Tony Curtis. They aid an abet his search for his friend.

Cheetah is in the hands of Jan-Michael Vincent a rich sportsman hunter who doubles as a mad scientist. He has the usual mad scientist nefarious reasons for capturing Cheetah and a whole lot of other apes.

The whole cast plays this one tongue in cheek and it's got some good moments. This is not a film to take seriously.

Though if this is ever remade I'd have Joe Lara wind up in Greenwich Village where at any number of drinking establishments he'd have made all kinds of friends.

Good God, he'd have a personal posse likeno other.