Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery

CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!

NR 1943 · 70 min · ★ 6.1 · Action, Adventure

A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.

Directed by Wilhelm Thiele · Written by Edward T. Lowe Jr.

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