Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

While Gordon Scott's incredible body is a sight to gawk at, Eve Brent makes a beautiful Jane, and the color photography is bright, "Tarzan's Fight For Life" is a snoozer, SEVERELY lacking in action (Scott gets involved in just one punch-up, for crying out loud), and loaded with walking scenes, stock footage, and clumsy stunt doubling. *1/2 out of 4.

This is the Tarzan Movie that Stopped a Decades Long Franchise and sent the Tarzan Films in a New Direction. It sure has its Detractors, and it is Mediocre, but not Without some Entertainment Value.It's Only the Second in Color and it is Colorful, check out the Native Attire. This Good Looking Tarzan also has the Very Good Looking Gordon Scott, and Jane (Eve Brent) is Stunning. For Tarzan Action, He Rides a Giraffe and Fights an 18 foot. Python. Both Scenes with Real Animals with the Snake Unwilling to Let Go causing some On Set Panic. Tarzan is Captured and Bound Spread Eagle with a Caged Lion, and there is some Witch Doctor Eeriness for Suspense. Jane is in Peril a Few Times and Tarzan must Fight for Her Life as well as Others.There are some Silly Things (Cheetah in loincloth) and some Bad Dialog. The other Female Character, Jill Jarmyn, Overacts Greatly and gets on the Nerves. But... There's just too much Fun Going On here for this Entry to be Dismissed as Worthless. It's Worth a Watch.

Although this movie is paced like a Television Episode, there is actually some good Jungle footage used, and I don't know if they flew Gordon Scott all the way out to Africa, if not they found a body double that was fairly close. The only giveaway is in the Africa shots, Tarzan's hair is slightly longer.I understand these Scott Tarzan flicks were actually made for a Tarzan Television show that failed to sell. I agree with other reviewers, that Eve Brent was a great "Jane" - It took me about 10 minutes to recognise Eve Brent as "Elaine Connelly" from "The Green Mile", she still had an impish and infectious smile in that 1999 film, some 41 years later.I think what has been overlooked here, was Woody Strode's excellent role as "Ramo" - the Witch Doctor "Futa's" (James Edwards) "Secret Agent" - Woody's stature is always excellent, and a good antagonist for Gordon Scott. and his "death" scene - Well, that would be a spoiler.Scott himself, is the Tarzan of Tarzan's, I'm sure this guy would be used as a Terminator Body Double in today's age of movies. His Tarzan is a little more fluent in English than the grunts and single syllables of Johnny Weissmuller. Tarzan and Jane are, in this film, pure Beef and Cheesecake, but the fact that they gave Tarzan a sharper wit, more words, makes him a better Tarzan I think.Although the original Tarzan movies were classic, I think these Scott Tarzan films are important, they built on the character that already existed. The idea of a non-African guy swinging around in a loincloth through the Jungle with Jane, Boy and Cheetah in tow, is somehow silly, but also entertaining, it is of course Edgar Rice Burroughs who came up with the idea.I'll admit I was not too enthused about watching this as it came up on TCM just now, but that lack of enthusiasm faded, and although the action takes too long to build up and occur, it is simply 1950's Television Pacing, you just have to "wait for it", it does happen.

True, the use of studio sets rather than on-location filming is pretty obvious, but what handsome sets, and how brightly photographed! That 1950s color seems stronger and more vivid than most of the color work seen today. Gordon Scott, one of the better Tarzans, is in fine form here and his physical power is shown off in an arresting way. Rather than simply showing him performing feats of strength, this movie's last reel has him captured and in bondage. First he's hauled up river to a jungle village while spreadeagled face-down between two canoes. (Face-up would have been even better.) Then he's hauled through the village with his arms outstretched and tied to a wooden pole. Finally, still bound to that pole, he's tied between two posts inside a cave-like chamber where he's due to have his heart cut out. Contrasting his physical strength with the trappings of bondage somehow emphasizes rather than diminishes his aura of power.(MGM apparently thought along similar lines. Virtually all the ads for this movie showed Gordon Scott with outstretched arms tied to a pole.)Of course, it must be pointed out that the plot here is "Rama of the Jungle" stuff and all the scenes with Jane and Boy are pretty laughable. The fact that Cheetah wears a loincloth is beyond camp. And seeing a fine actor such as Roy Glenn wasted in a bit part is sad, sad, sad.