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Written by James M. Tate / 9/13/2024 / No comments / action , adventure , franchise , jock mahoney , mahoney tarzan , sixties , woody strode

JOCK MAHONEY VS WOODY STRODE 'TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5KTPwatMdzAC6Ws0OUcZvLO9Kv3oB0m_CbQnhlCO8vQeQrTt0Jypp2-rJL7TzkUn8NpdklYQMliYqybBNQWApijWvTaV_iIe46NwjypQ6WGuZQUTkezB_wdoHUEFx58EOg2UVhSMchzSeH-EW8ERd7CRh3Q5Ba3kc6EXf6zm2CLvRwp1tnn0Gm9AoAmg/s950/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%209.46.57%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5KTPwatMdzAC6Ws0OUcZvLO9Kv3oB0m_CbQnhlCO8vQeQrTt0Jypp2-rJL7TzkUn8NpdklYQMliYqybBNQWApijWvTaV_iIe46NwjypQ6WGuZQUTkezB_wdoHUEFx58EOg2UVhSMchzSeH-EW8ERd7CRh3Q5Ba3kc6EXf6zm2CLvRwp1tnn0Gm9AoAmg/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-09-14%20at%209.46.57%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Title: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2</td></tr></tbody></table>There's a TARZAN curse when you look into the actors: Johnny Weismuller was golfing in Cuba during the Castro takeover, and decades later ended up doing his Tarzan call throughout the lonely corridors of an old folk's home; Lex Barker died middle-aged before marrying a younger woman; Mike Henry was bitten by a chimp and suffered from monkey fever; and far worst of all, Ron Ely hosted Name That Tune with Kathie Lee Gifford...At least Gordon Scott turned out okay, but his replacement in actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney... after getting through TARZAN GOES TO INDIA without trouble... dared to swim across a giant, extremely polluted Thailand river and caught amoebic dysentery, never gaining back complete strength for future stunt or acting roles...

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JOCK MAHONEY VS WOODY STRODE 'TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES'

Title: TARZAN'S THREE CHALLENGES Year: 1963 Rating: **1/2 There's a TARZAN curse when you look into the actors: Johnny Weismuller wa...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/12/2024 / No comments / adventure , franchise , jock mahoney , john guillermin , leo gordon , mahoney tarzan , mark dana , sixties

JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s1504/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1QR74OLqHaqDddYTGW88JguHLHWu6LDRc-kvzjMPQtlDssgzWxGoTy6hvPP8EW82hl_AabeJxZjrGH6T3CLO0sM8W9p0JZSBogtGb-AaKWFTWu0rSwhHtJ1BIlq1tp8pVTbzYmsDYHBV1FrHB5Xgr8t5-affbVxB-bsFPjJr2LIhyDAMwozXzIYtmMcN/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: ***</td></tr></tbody></table>After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarzan in TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, he was chosen to portray the swinging ape-man himself, a bit older, more sinewy than muscular and facially resembling former Tarzan (who Scott replaced) Lex Barker...Here against several villains, beginning with formidable Leo Gordon as a foreman on a vast desert construction site (foreshadowing Tanis from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK)... An infamous elephant hunter, he threatens to kill any wildlife that could hinder the work — unless Tarzan and his boy sidekick... with a trained pet elephant... saves the day...

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JOCK MAHONEY IN JOHN GUILLERMAN'S 'TARZAN GOES TO INDIA'

Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA Year: 1962 Rating: *** After actor/stuntman Jock Mahoney played the villain to Gordon Scott's Tarza...

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