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Year: 1960 Rating: **1/2 |
TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT is mostly known for, in the following film, having the villain, Jock Mahoney, replace Gordon Scott in the Tarzan role... but it's really a cross between the John Ford Western STAGECOACH... with Tarzan traveling with a group of bickering characters... and William Shakespeare's family-quarrel saga KING LEAR...
Enter the criminal clan, with patriarch John Carradine but it's oldest son Mahoney really in charge: he led a local store robbery and, captured by Tarzan, is being brought to authorities for the reward money to help a native village... All while his vengeful father and brooding brothers (including LOLITA actor Gary Cockrell) are on their trail and, along with Tarzan's group there's a great cast including Lionel Jeffries as a jealous husband, whose wife has a thing for the captured heavy yet MAGNIFICENT is a mostly hi/miss adventure that relies on random bursts of action while the characters (far too many here) never really gel... Leaving Scott's final TARZAN role more a whimper than bang until a QUIET MAN style fist-fight with Mahoney that should have not only happened sooner... but a lot more throughout.
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From TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT
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From TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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From TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gordon Scott and Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gordon Scott in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Al Mulock, John Carradine and Gary Cockrell in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Lionel Jeffries and Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Harry Baird with Gordon Scott and Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Lionel Jeffries with Alexandra Stewart in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gary Cockrell in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Alexandra Stewart in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gordon Scott in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Jock Mahoney in the followup as TARZAN GOES TO INDIA |
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Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT with Earl Cameron
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Gordon Scott in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gordon Scott in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT with Gary Cockrell
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Gordon Scott in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Gary Cockrell in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Jock Mahoney in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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Warner Archives TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT |
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