Tarzan and the Great River

Tarzan and the Great River
Directed by	Robert Day
Produced by	Sy Weintraub Steve Shagan
Written by	Bob Barbash story by Bob Barbash and Lewis Reed
Based on	Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Starring	Mike Henry Jan Murray Manuel Padilla Jr. Diana Millay Rafer Johnson
Music by	William Loose
Cinematography	Irving Lippman
Edited by	Anthony Carras Edward Mann James Nelson
Production company	Banner Productions Allfin A.G.
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 1967 (1967-09)
Running time	88 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Tarzan and the Great River (1967) is an adventure film starring Mike Henry in his second of three film appearances as Tarzan. This movie was produced by Sy Weintraub and Steve Shagan, written by Bob Barbash (from a story by Barbash and Lewis Reed), and directed by Robert Day. It was released in September 1967.

Tarzan is called to Brazil by an old friend, The Professor (Paulo Gracindo) to help stop the Jaguar Cult, led by Barcuma (Rafer Johnson), from destroying native villages and enslaving the survivors in his search for diamonds. Tarzan is assisted by Captain Sam Bishop (Jan Murray), a riverboat pilot, and Bishop's young ward, Pepe (Manuel Padilla Jr.), as well as Baron (a lion) and Cheeta (a chimpanzee). On their way they encounter Dr. Ann Philips (Diana Millay), who has witnessed the destruction of a village, and wants to continue fighting a plague by giving much-needed inoculations to natives who live along the Amazon River.

The movie was filmed entirely on location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro Zoo, Parque Lage and Tijuca Forest).

Dinky, the chimp portraying Cheeta, bit Mike Henry on the jaw during filming, requiring twenty stitches. The chimpanzee was destroyed, and Henry later sued the producers for this accident and other unsafe working conditions on all three of his Tarzan films. The parties settled out of court.