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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 1984 Directed by Hugh Hudson

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.

Production Countries United Kingdom , USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Revenue $45,858,563
Release Date 30 March 1984
143 mins
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Christopher Lambert John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Andie MacDowell Miss Jane Porter
Ralph Richardson The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox Lord Charles Esker
Cheryl Campbell Lady Alice Clayton
Ian Charleson Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport Major Jack Downing
Nicholas Farrell Sir Hugh Belcher
Richard Griffiths Captain Billings
Paul Geoffrey Lord John Clayton
Ravinder Dean
John Wells Sir Evelyn Blount
Paul Brooke Rev Stimson
Tristram Jellinek Chalky White
Roddy Maude-Roxby Olivestone
Eric Langlois Tarzan aged 12
Danny Potts Tarzan Aged 5
Peter Kyriakou Tarzan aged 1
Tali McGregor Infant Tarzan
Peter Elliott Silverbeard, Primate Father
Ailsa Berk Kala, Primate Mother
John Alexander White Eyes, Primate Leader
Christopher Beck Droopy Ears, Tarzan's Childhood Friend
Mak Wilson Figs, Tarzan's Follower
Deep Roy Primate
Kiran Shah Primate
Philip Tan Primate
Tina Maskell Primate
David Forman Primate
Douglas Mann Primate
Harriet Thorpe Iris (uncredited)
Philemon Blake Ondoua Aloo (uncredited)
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