Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Cast (40)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Christopher Lambert

John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell

Miss Jane Porter

Ralph Richardson

The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm

Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox

Lord Charles Esker

Cheryl Campbell

Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson

Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport

Major Jack Downing

Nicholas Farrell

Sir Hugh Belcher

Richard Griffiths

Captain Billings

Paul Geoffrey

Lord John Clayton

Hilton McRae

Willy

David Suchet

Buller

R

Ravinder

Dean

J

John Wells

Sir Evelyn Blount

Paul Brooke

Rev Stimson

Tristram Jellinek

Chalky White

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Olivestone

E

Eric Langlois

Tarzan aged 12

D

Danny Potts

Tarzan Aged 5

P

Peter Kyriakou

Tarzan aged 1

T

Tali McGregor

Infant Tarzan

P

Peter Elliott

Silverbeard, Primate Father

A

Ailsa Berk

Kala, Primate Mother

John Alexander

White Eyes, Primate Leader

C

Christopher Beck

Droopy Ears, Tarzan's Childhood Friend

Mak Wilson

Figs, Tarzan's Follower

Deep Roy

Primate

Kiran Shah

Primate

Philip Tan

Primate

T

Tina Maskell

Primate

David Forman

Primate

Martin Pallot

Primate

D

Douglas Mann

Primate

George Antoni

Primate

Harriet Thorpe

Iris (uncredited)

P

Philemon Blake Ondoua

Aloo (uncredited)

Glenn Close

Miss Jane Porter (voice) (uncredited)

Guy Standeven

Butler (uncredited)

R

Reg Thomason

Christmas Eve Party Guest (uncredited)

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