Tarzan's Fight for Life is an action adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan It stars Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen, Jil Jarmyn, and Cheeta the chimpanzee. The movie was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. It was the second Tarzan movie released in color, and the last to portray the ape man speaking broken English until Tarzan, the Ape Man . Jungle medics Dr. Sturdy and his daughter Anne are opposed by witch doctor Futa of the Nagasu tribe, who regards their work as a threat to his own livelihood. Futa incites the tribe to waylay Anne's fiance Dr.... Ken Warwick , who is saved by Tarzan . Later Tarzan and his adopted son Tartu enlist the doctors' services on behalf of Jane , suffering from appendicitis. Futa hypnotizes Moto , a native assistant of Sturdy, to murder Jane, but Tarzan thwarts the plot. Learning that the young Nagasu chief is sick, Tarzan attempts to persuade them to let Sturdy treat them. Seizing his chance, Futa has the ape man taken captive and condemned to death.
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| Release date: | July 1958 |
| Directed by: | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Runtime: | 86 Minutes |
| Producer: | Sol Lesser |
| Music by: | Ernest Gold |
| Genre: | Adventure |