---
title: 'Tarzan Escapes (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tarzan-escapes-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028345/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tarzan Escapes (1936)

1936 · 89 min · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Tarzan Escapes is a 1936 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tarzan series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes". Previous films were Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934), with Jane's bikini-like attire and the famous skinny-dipping sequence. Weissmuller and O'Sullivan starred together in three more Tarzan films, Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939), Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) and Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe), [William A. Wellman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-a-wellman), [George B. Seitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-b-seitz), [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow)
- **Screenplay:** [Edgar Rice Burroughs](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-rice-burroughs), [Cyril Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-hume)
- **Original Music Composer:** [William Axt](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-axt)
- **Producer:** [Jack Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cummings)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leonard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-smith)

## Cast

- [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan)
- [William "Bill" Henry](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bill-henry)
- [Herbert Mundin](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-mundin)
- [Mario Pisu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-pisu)
- [Fiorella Betti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiorella-betti)
- [Olinto Cristina](https://cinepixo.com/people/olinto-cristina)
- [Benita Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/benita-hume)
- [Johnny Weissmuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-weissmuller) as Tarzan
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive)
- [Everett Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-brown)
- [Dhia Cristiani](https://cinepixo.com/people/dhia-cristiani)
- [Gualtiero De Angelis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gualtiero-de-angelis)
- [Gianfranco Bellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianfranco-bellini)

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