everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Absolutely Fantastic

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

The final entry in the "Tarzan" series "Tarzan and the Jungle Boy",not only marked actor Mike Henry's final appearance as "Tarzan",but also this was the last theatrical "Tarzan" movie as well,a franchise that has spanned more than four decades,going back to the first "Tarzan" talkie starring Johnny Weissmuller in 1932,and from there the series became an American icon not to mention a box office success,spanning more than 36 years with five different actors playing the role from Lex Barker,to Gordon Scott,to Jock Mahoney,and from there the last actor to play him in the theatres,Mike Henry. At the time this final "Tarzan" movie came out in 1968,not only was the franchise was coming to an end,but it was in fact the end of an era that has lasted more than four decades. Also at the same time,the "Tarzan" television series starring Ron Ely was also ending its run after more than 57 episodes. "Tarzan" by the late-1960's was basically the age of the dinosaur. This was also Producer Sy Weintraub's last association with the series. In "Tarzan and the Jungle Boy",Weintraub serves as Executive Producer,while Robert Day(who directed the previous "Tarzan" films starring Mike Henry,"Tarzan and the Valley of Gold",and "Tarzan and the Great River")served as producer while the directorial duties went to Robert Gordon.In this final "Tarzan" installment,the lord of the jungle(Mike Henry) assists a pair of journalists(Ron Gans and Aliza Gur)in attempting to locate a missing boy(Steve Bond),lost in the jungle. Complicating matters is the volatility of a local tribe after its chief dies,leaving the sons(played by Olympic gold-medalist turned actor Rafer Johnson,who also starred opposite Mike Henry in "Tarzan and the Great River",the year before....and other was played by Rafer Johnson's brother Ed Johnson)to compete each other for the title of tribal chief. Along the way,Tarzan saves the other brother's life from a deadly fate during a tribal contest,not to mention tangles with one of Rafer's henceman faces a battle with a hungry lion,tosses two men over a cliff and gets trapped at the bottom of a underwater lagoon by a giant clam! All within it's running time of 99 minutes. This movie upon its release,was very kid friendly,but be forewarned here. This was a movie that was explicitly violent not to mention scenes of native being speared to death,and the infamous borderline nudity scene between Tarzan and his young male co-star(including the scene where they're playing together half-naked in a lake)that made this film upon its theatrical release was giving a "G" rating by the Motion Picture Association of America. It should have been rated "PG" or "M" for that matter due to the MPAA's rating system that came out in 1968. As for actress Aliza Gur(whom in fact was Sy Weintraub's answer to Raquel Welch)she wasn't given all that to do is to just play with her camera and look pretty throughout the film. This was the final Tarzan theatrical feature,and it wouldn't be until 13 years later when Miles O'Keefe took over the role in the remake of "Tarzan,The Ape Man" in 1981,and in 1984 when Christopher Lambert play "Tarzan" in "Greystroke",that was produced by Hugh Hudson(of Chariots of Fire fame). The last actor to played "Tarzan" in the theatres was Casper Van Diem in "Tarzan and the Lost City" that came out in 1998. And there hasn't been a theatrical "Tarzan" movie since.

In his third and final outing as the jungle hero, muscular Mike Henry (as Tarzan) sheds the trendy "James Bond" pseudo-spy opening for his regular game. After this film, interest was mainly on TV's "Tarzan" (Ron Ely). Clinging to more traditional vines, Mr. Henry finds the boy who went missing after the mishap in the opening sequence. He is little brown-haired Steve Bond (as Erik) - not the blond-haired boy lost, but you get the idea. Young "Jungle Boy" Bond grew up to become a muscular "General Hospital" TV soap opera hunk. Bond gets the job done, in his first feature appearance. Rafer Johnson does well, too. Beautifully proportioned Aliza Gur (as Myrna) is the feminine presence - watch for her Bond-age scene.**** Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (5/68) Robert Gordon ~ Mike Henry, Steve Bond, Rafer Johnson, Aliza Gur

This is a formulaic Tarzan movie. You have your girl, natives, and even a jungle boy. You would think that it would be pretty lame, but it's not. If I had to guess, I would say that the people making this movie knew how formulaic it was and so they pulled no punches. It's a simple Tarzan story and that's the way it's presented.First, the movie takes place in Africa. It doesn't try taking Tarzan to far off places. It's stays right in Tarzan's backyard.Second, Mike Henry does a much better job in this one than any other one. It was like he finally figured out how he should play Tarzan.Third, the boy, played by Steve Bond, does a really good job. He doesn't over act and is believable.Fourth, the evil and good natives, who are brothers in real life and in the movie do a great job. They are fit and much like everyone else, they don't over do it.Fifth, the girl, Aliza Gur, is very pretty and has your classic 60's look. Wearing the riding pants, boots, low cut top, long hair with the wide head band. She looks like she stepped off the set of the Beverly Hillbillies.So if you want a simple Tarzan movie that you can get into, this one will definitely work.

Mike Henry's last film outing as Tarzan is in this film Tarzan And The Jungle Boy. Although shot in Brazil, but with establishing shots of African wildlife to make sure that Tarzan after a few films away from Africa was back in his native habitat. Too bad that this warmed over remake of Tarzan Finds A Son was not better than what MGM did on its back lot jungle sets back in the days of Johnny Weissmuller.Tarzan takes on an assignment to find a lost kid in the jungle played by young Steve Bond. He hears about it from journalists Ron Gans and Alicia Gur who want to tag along, but Tarzan moves better on his own. For any number of reasons they should have stayed behind, but Gur especially wants the story. They kidnap a drunk Cheta and follow Tarzan into the jungle with Cheta on a leash.Tarzan And The Jungle Boy features 1960 Olympic Decathalon champion Rafer Johnson as the villain locked in a struggle with his real life brother Ed for the succession to be tribal chief. They have their own little Decathalon in the jungle which consists of versions of the Javelin, the pole vault, and the broad jump. That's easily the best part of the film.This one's a little too unbelievable for me to swallow, especially Tarzan telling some kid about the benefits of civilization.