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Feature film — 1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

6.42h 23mAdventure — Drama

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

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A high-signal pick with 518 votes.

Edgar Rice Burroughs / Warner Bros. Pictures / WEA Records

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Director: Hugh Hudson

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Cast & crew

Christopher Lambert as John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Christopher Lambert

John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell as Miss Jane Porter

Andie MacDowell

Miss Jane Porter

Ralph Richardson as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ralph Richardson

The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

Ian Holm

Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox as Lord Charles Esker

James Fox

Lord Charles Esker

Cheryl Campbell as Lady Alice Clayton

Cheryl Campbell

Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson as Jeffson Brown

Ian Charleson

Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport as Major Jack Downing

Nigel Davenport

Major Jack Downing

Nicholas Farrell as Sir Hugh Belcher

Nicholas Farrell

Sir Hugh Belcher

Richard Griffiths as Captain Billings

Richard Griffiths

Captain Billings

Paul Geoffrey as Lord John Clayton

Paul Geoffrey

Lord John Clayton

Hilton McRae as Willy

Hilton McRae

Willy

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