Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Directed by	Richard Thorpe
Written by	William R. Lipman; Myles Connolly
Based on	Characters created; by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Frederick Stephani
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller; Maureen O'Sullivan; Johnny Sheffield
Cinematography	Sidney Wagner
Edited by	Gene Ruggiero
Music by	David Snell
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	May 1942;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$707,000
Box office	$2,729,000

Tarzan's New York Adventure is a 1942 jungle adventure Tarzan movie. It is based on the fictional characters and concepts created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It is the sixth and last of the MGM Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Johnny Sheffield plays Boy. The first movie Tarzan, Elmo Lincoln, plays a circus worker.

Story[change | change source]

Circus workers looking for lions in the jungle kidnap Boy. They take him back to the United States for their show. Tarzan, Jane, and Cheeta go to New York City in search of Boy. Tarzan finds the circus where Boy is being held captive. The circus elephants break free. They destroy the circus. Tarzan rescues Boy in the confusion. A judge grants Tarzan and Jane full custody of Boy.