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Line 1: {{short description\|1943 film by Wilhelm Thiele}} ~~{{unreferenced\|date=January 2018}}~~ {{Infobox film \| name = Tarzan's Desert Mystery \| image = Tarzan's Desert Mystery (movie poster).jpg ~~\| image_size =~~ \| caption = \| director = [[Wilhelm Thiele]] Line 13 ⟶ 12: \| starring = [[Johnny Weissmuller]]<br>[[Nancy Kelly]] \| music = [[Paul Sawtell]] \| cinematography = [[Harry J. Wild]]<br>[[Russell Harlan]] \| editing = Ray H. Lockert \| distributor = [[RKO Radio Pictures]] Line 22 ⟶ 21: \| budget = }} '''''Tarzan's Desert Mystery''''' is a 1943 American [[Tarzan]] film directed by [[Wilhelm Thiele]] and starring [[Johnny Weissmuller]] and [[Nancy Kelly]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Fury \|first1=David \|title=Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television \|date=1994 \|publisher=McFarland & Co. \|isbn=0-89950-771-9 \|page=103 \|url=https://archive.org/details/kingsofjungleill0000fury/page/102/mode/2up \|access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> Like its immediate predecessor, ''[[Tarzan Triumphs]]'', the film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show her on screen. The explanation for her absence, as in the earlier film, is that she is still in ~~England~~the United Kingdom contributing ~~helping~~to the war effort. (Maureen O'Sullivan had played Jane in the first six of Weissmuller's Tarzan films, but when the character of Jane returned after a two-picture absence, she was played by [[Brenda Joyce (actress)\|Brenda Joyce]], not O'Sullivan.)▼ The picture's supporting players include [[Johnny Sheffield]] as "Boy", [[Otto Kruger]], [[Joe Sawyer]], [[Robert Lowery (actor)\|Robert Lowery]] and [[John Dehner]] in an unbilled role as Prince Ameer. ==Plot== Tarzan receives a request from Jane, who is helping out on the British home front in [[World War II]], to locate a rare plant-derived serum that can save the lives of many service members. He sets off into the [[Sahara]], which is the shortest route to the place where the plants can be found. Boy and Cheetah tag along, and soon they are joined by a rambunctious horse and traveling magician Connie Bryce ([[Nancy Kelly]]), who has been entertaining Allied soldiers in the region. ▲Like its immediate predecessor, ''[[Tarzan Triumphs]]'', the film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show her on screen. The explanation for her absence, as in the earlier film, is that she is in England helping the war effort. (Maureen O'Sullivan had played Jane in the first six of Weissmuller's Tarzan films, but when the character of Jane returned after a two-picture absence, she was played by [[Brenda Joyce (actress)\|Brenda Joyce]], not O'Sullivan.) The group travels to Connie's next destination, a small Arab kingdom in the desert. Tarzan intends to drop her off and continue his journey, not knowing that she is on a secret mission from Washington to thwart Nazi spies who have infiltrated the kingdom. Tarzan and Connie quickly run afoul of these devious agents, who manage to frame the two for crimes against the royal family. The apeman leads a daring escape with the help of Cheetah. Then, with the Nazis hot on their heels, the travelers head for the strange prehistoric [[jungle]] where the serum plants grow. The film revolves around Tarzan's quest, at the urging of Jane, to find a rare plant-derived serum to help Allied troops during [[World War II]]. Tarzan's son, Boy, manages to tag along as the ape man journeys into the Sahara, and the two are soon joined by a rambunctious horse and a female American magician, played by [[Nancy Kelly]]. As they seek the area of North Africa where the plant grows, they run into trouble with Nazi spies who are trying to take over a small Arab kingdom. ==Cast== [[File:1943 - Colonial Theater Ad - 24 Dec MC - Allentown PA.jpg\|right\|thumb\|1943 newspaper ad]] * [[Johnny Weissmuller]] as [[Tarzan]] * [[Nancy Kelly]] as Connie Bryce * [[Johnny Sheffield]] as Boy Line 46 ⟶ 50: * [[Nestor Paiva]] as Prison Guard (uncredited) * [[Syd Saylor]] as Bewildered Camel Herdsman (uncredited) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} {{commons category\|Tarzan's Desert Mystery}} * {{AFI film\|705\|Tarzan's Desert Mystery}} * {{~~tcmdb~~TCMDb title\|92393}} * {{IMDb title\|0035795}} * [https://www.erbzine.com/mag6/0624.html ERBzine Silver Screen: ''Tarzan's Desert Mystery''] *{{Amg movie\|112737}} {{Tarzan movies}} Line 60 ⟶ 67: [[Category:1943 films]] [[Category:1940s fantasy adventure films]] [[Category:American films]]▼ [[Category:American black-and-white films]] [[Category:American fantasy adventure films]] [[Category:American sequel films]] [[Category:American World War II propaganda films]] [[Category:1940s English-language films]] [[Category:Films set in deserts]] [[Category:Tarzan films]] [[Category:Films produced by Sol Lesser]] [[Category:Films scored by Paul Sawtell]] [[Category:English-language fantasy adventure films]] ▲[[Category:~~American~~English-language war films]] {{adventure-film-stub}}