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Tarzan
1966 - 1968 6.7 (24 votes) 2 Seasons
Genres
Action & Adventure Drama
Networks
NBC
Created By
Sy Weintraub

Tarzan

Overview

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character, one who, tired of civilization, had returned to the jungle where he had been raised. The show retained many of the trappings of the classic movie series, including Cheeta, while excluding other elements, such as Jane, as part of the "new look" for the fabled apeman that producer Sy Weintraub had introduced in previous motion pictures starring Gordon Scott, Jock Mahoney, and Mike Henry. CBS aired repeat episodes the program during the summer of 1969.

Key Crew

Producer: Sy Weintraub

Top Cast

Ron Ely
Ron Ely

Tarzan

Manuel Padilla Jr.
Manuel Padilla Jr.

Jai

Alan Caillou

Jason Flood

Rockne Tarkington
Rockne Tarkington

Rao

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1966)

No overview available.

31 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Eyes of the Lion
1966-09-08

A man-eating lion is mistaken for the 'seeing-eye' lion of a young blind girl, who has trained the lion from infancy to be her eyes and protector in the jungle. Tarzan must prevent the hostile villagers from killing the wrong lion.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 2: The Ultimate Weapon
1966-09-16

When a game warden is shot by an ivory poacher looking to make a fortune off the seasonal elephant migration, the poacher falls off a cliff after tangling with Tarzan, but the accidental death causes the man's son to vow revenge.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 3: Leopard on the Loose
1966-09-23

A trading-post worker in need of money tries to steal Jai's pet leopard.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 4: A Life for a Life
1966-09-30

After a spider bite fells Jai, Tarzan races to find one of two people whose blood might have antibodies that could save the boy: a lady photographer and a wanted murderer.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 5: The Prisoner
1966-10-07

When a native policeman is seriously injured by a diamond thief, Tarzan tries to get the criminal to jail - and keep the officer's angry tribe from taking the law into its own hands.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: The Three Faces of Death
1966-10-14

When the chief of a tribe, a friend of Tarzan, dies, his daughter prepares to succeed him, but a member of the tribe opposes her being the tribe's new chief. So he asks that the old test, The Three Faces of Death, be imposed to prove her worthy. But unfortunately a woman can't face a man in test, so another member of the tribe must face him in her place. When no one accepts, Tarzan steps in. And if her fails not only will she not be chief, she'll be killed.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: The Prodigal Puma
1966-10-21

An embittered big-game hunter tries to steal a rare puma that Tarzan has captured.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: The Deadly Silence (1)
1966-10-28

Tarzan tries to stop a blood thirsty Colonel from taking over an African village with his soldiers of fortune. Tarzan has been rendered deaf by an exploding hand grenade, effectively limiting one of his keen senses. Tarzan relies on his telepathic powers to a lion.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: The Deadly Silence (2)
1966-11-04

Though still deafened by grenades, Tarzan relies on his animal friends to help him elude the colonel's heavily-armed soldiers.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: The Figurehead
1966-11-11

Tarzan and Jai try to get young Prince Sharif out of the jungle to safety. The boy is being pursued by the same conspirators who assassinated his father.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Village of Fire
1966-11-18

Tarzan races to recover a serum stolen by a native chief. The drug is the only hope for the fever-wracked Jai, who has been bitten by a jaguar and is near death.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: The Day of the Golden Lion
1966-12-02

A native athletic championship is to take place, with Tarzan taking part, but there is an attempt to steal the prize.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 13: Pearls of Tanga
1966-12-09

Tarzan does battle with a criminal known as 'The Admiral' who has his own submarine and has been poisoning the waters so that his own crew are the only ones able to recover fabulously valuable pearl oysters.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 14: The End of the River
1966-12-16

A airplane crash in the jungle results in Tarzan racing to save a girl's life and a perilous struggle with a convicted criminal.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 15: The Ultimate Duel
1966-12-23

A deadly survival test pits Tarzan against an electronic computer. The jungle lord is being tracked by a tribe of native killers, directed by a scientist who uses a computer to predict Tarzan's every move.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 16: The Fire People
1966-12-30

Tarzan and Jai risk their lives to help a native chief save his people. The superstitious tribesmen, frightened by a witch doctor, won't abandon their home on a volcanic mountain that's about to erupt.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 17: Track of the Dinosaur
1967-01-06

Tarzan is marked for murder when he clashes with a corrupt government official and his female co-conspirator. The pair are using the natives' beliefs in a monster to drive them away from a rich mineral deposit.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 18: The Day the Earth Trembled
1967-01-13

Tarzan reluctantly enlists the aid of three escaped convicts to escort a group of endangered children to safety.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 19: Cap'n Jai
1967-01-20

Jai is duped by three double-crossing sailors, who are attempting to recover some stolen diamonds.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 20: A Pride of Assassins
1967-01-27

When Tarzan and a young woman threaten to expose his gunrunning scheme, a smuggler sends assassins after them.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 21: The Golden Runaway
1967-02-03

To help find a woman's missing brother, Tarzan takes her to see a village headman, who turns out to be a red-headed Irishman.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 22: Basil of the Bulge
1967-02-10

A renowned war-time general, on a treaty mission in the jungle, is captured by a dissenting tribe with the connivance of a corrupt official.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 23: Mask of Rona
1967-02-17

Tarzan leads a group on the hunt for missing artist Rona Swann, unaware that one of them is merely using the search to cover up gun smuggling.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 24: To Steal the Rising Sun
1967-02-24

An exiled chief returns to the jungle with three thieves and a plan to steal his former tribe's valuable ruby - using Tarzan as his unwitting accomplice.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 25: Jungle Dragnet
1967-03-03

A local revolutionary joins forces with a foreign soldier to try to prevent the discovery of a rich oil field by silencing a little girl.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 26: The Perils of Charity Jones (1)
1967-03-10

A missionary from America's midwest enlists Jai's help to fulfill her father's last wish and deliver an organ to a primitive tribe, but their boat is disabled.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 27: The Perils of Charity Jones (2)
1967-03-17

Tarzan rescues Charity and Jai from hostile natives, but then the trio are pursued by another tribe who are after the guns that Jai has hidden.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 28: The Circus
1967-03-24

Jai and Dutch encounter a fugitive who is trying to evade a manhunt by joining the circus.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 29: The Ultimatum
1967-03-31

A dangerous woman and her hired thugs threaten to destroy a native village unless Tarzan submits to being their prisoner.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 30: Algie B for Brave
1967-04-07

General Bertram returns, and gets Jai's help on a mission to locate a foreign power's nuclear-detection equipment.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 31: Man Killer
1967-04-14

Tarzan's search for a murderer is complicated by a village whose natives employ drugs in their ceremonial rituals.

Runtime: 46 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1967)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Tiger, Tiger
1967-09-15

A deadly tiger is loose in the jungle but, despite a warning from Tarzan, an engineer insists on continuing work on a project although he lacks the experience to cope with the animal.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 2: Voice of the Elephant
1967-09-22

Jai's pet baby elephant is charged with killing a white man. Under tribal law the elephant is entitled to a trial. Jai goes on the search for evidence and someone to present it.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 3: Thief Catcher
1967-09-29

Two convicts escape while being transfered to another prison. Their actions spark a wave of crime around local villages. Tarzan must track and capture the two men before more people are put in danger.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 4: The Blue Stone of Heaven (1)
1967-10-06

After a guide for an archaeological expedition is killed, Tarzan decides to accompany the group in their quest to enter the forbidden "City Of Death", not only to protect them, but also to find out why a plant specialist and an ambitious colonel are also so interested in the place.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 5: The Blue Stone of Heaven (2)
1967-10-13

After uncovering the mythical Blue Stone of Baskar, Colonel Tatakombi takes advantage of the legend associated with it to declare himself the leader/god of the surrounding tribes, in the hope of later taking control of the country. Tarzan is determined to expose and stop him.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 6: Curse of the Mugumba Tree
1967-10-20

A local white woman becomes the subject of an spiritual attack by the local witch doctor after a sacred tree is chopped down. Tarzan must find out who really destroyed the tree and try to help his friend fight of the effects of the bad voodoo.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 7: The Fanatics
1967-10-27

Tarzan encounters a female journalist who has arrived in the area for local tribal elections. The journalist has concerns over the conduct of a local white sponsor for one of the candidates.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 8: Last of the Supermen
1967-11-03

Four men are found murdered and Tarzan goes up country to try and establish what happens. What he discoverers shocks everyone and reveals a secret that dates back to WW2.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 9: Hotel Hurricane
1967-11-10

A huge storm is bearing down on the area causing a plane with a very valuable cargo to crash. Tarzan helps locate the wreck and try and recover the cargo.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 10: The Pride of a Lioness
1967-11-17

Tarzan intervenes on behalf of a very sick girl. He insists rather than allow the girl to be treated by tribal medicine she should be treated by real doctor. The tribe reacts poorly to his actions and other lives are put at risk.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 11: Mountains of the Moon (1)
1967-11-24

Tarzan comes across a party of religious pilgrims who are being led by Rosanna McCloud to their "Promised Land". To not shatter their dreams, Mrs. McCloud does not inform her followers that her husband, whom they regard as their Prophet, has just been killed, and she is unaware that the government trader who sold the group the land from a reclusive tribe had his own motives for doing so and never intended for the group to reach it. When Rosanna finally tells her group about the death of their leader, she and Tarzan also find that their money has been stolen.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 12: Mountains of the Moon (2)
1967-12-01

Rosanna McCloud and her pilgrims are determined to continue in their trek toward their Promised Land, even after one of their people is killed. Now they are armed and determined to fight off the tribe that lives in the land. Tarzan, meanwhile, learns that the chief of the tribe was tricked into selling the land by the trader Whitehead, whom he hopes to expose before more blood is shed.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 13: Jai's Amnesia
1967-12-15

Jai loses his memory and a group of criminals decide to exploit the situation to plan a series of robberies. Tarzan must track down the men and attempt to save Jai before he gets into serious trouble.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 14: Creeping Giants
1967-12-29

Tarzan becomes concerned when news reaches him of plans to build a dam in a geologically unsound area. He needs to prove the weakness in the plan and why none of the government surveys in the area have not uncovered the same issues.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 15: The Professional
1968-01-05

Tarzan encounters a group of soldiers looking for a local tribe. He is unsure of their motives or if he can trust them, but decides to lead them to the tribe so he can keep an eye on the man.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 16: The Convert
1968-01-12

A nun returns to her village to bring medicine an treat the sick. She is torn between her tribal heritage and those who oppose her new life.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 17: King of the Dwasari
1968-01-26

Tarzan is checking on the Dwsari tribe when he discovers that somehow a white man, Arthur Brown, has become their king.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 18: A Gun for Jai
1968-02-02

Against Tarzan's wishes, Jai is given a rifle by one of the local hunters. However circumstances change and Tarzan discovers the value of allowing the boy a firearm.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 19: Trek to Terror
1968-02-09

A doctor trying to control an outbreak of disease among the tribes is wanted for murder. Tarzan intervenes to allow the doctor to complete his work before being taken into custody. Tarzan is concerned however that the charges against the man may not be all they seem to be.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 20: End of a Challenge
1968-02-16

Jai comes across an old man wounded in the jungle. He stops to help the man while sending word to Tarzan for help.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 21: Jungle Ransom
1968-02-23

Tarzan takes a boat to escort a convicted killer, Velasquez, to the authorities. Also on the boat is the wife of a man the killer's band is holding for ransom. She forces Tarzan at gunpoint to escort her with Velasquez to his camp where her husband is being held. She has left the ransom money hidden behind, but Jai and Cheetah find it.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 22: Four O'Clock Army (1)
1968-03-01

General Basil Bertram and missionary Charity Jones return in this two-part story, and this time must ally with Tarzan against a band of slavers who have been taking people and destroying villages.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 23: Four O'Clock Army (2)
1968-03-08

After the village is burned and Tarzan, Jai, the chief, and numerous villagers are captured by the slavers, General Bertram and Charity must work together despite their differences. Tarzan escapes his captors and comes to their aid. He decides to follow behind the slavers to discover who is leading them.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 24: Rendezvous for Revenge
1968-03-15

After poacher and arsonist Dan Burton escapes from custody, Tarzan tracks him and his adoring girlfriend to an oceanside cliff, and a fateful encounter. But Burton's girlfriend and two henchmen later track Tarzan down and force him to lead them back to the scene.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 25: Alex the Great
1968-03-22

The task of protecting a village from man-eating "cats" is complicated by the arrival of a man determined to prove to himself greater than Tarzan.

Runtime: 46 min
Episode 26: Trina
1968-04-05

Trina MacKenzie, one of seven girls on an expedition, is also trying to find her uncle, who she believes to be doing humanitarian work. She finds that he has become the leader of a large tribe, and has helped them develop more peaceful ways. But Tarzan comes to believe that his latest crusade, involving a statue he claims to be obtaining but which locals insist does not exist, may involve less than noble intentions.

Runtime: 46 min

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