Tarzana, the Wild Woman (1969)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Glen Shipper (Ken Clark) is a hunter who is asked by Sir Donovan to search the African jungles where a plan crashed fifteen-years earlier. On this plane was his family, family and young daughter. Shipper heads into the jungles where he learns of a young woman known as Tarzana.
This Italian take-off on TARZAN isn't exactly the greatest movie ever made but there's enough camp here to where some may be able to get some mild entertainment out of it. For the most part this film is about as harmless as they come as you get a bunch of scenes in some woods (probably not an actual jungle) and of course there's the female Tarzana and her naked body.
This here is pure exploitation as we see the young woman going around doing her jungle thing while also checking out her own body. You see, Tarzana's boobs aren't all that big so when the new group of people enter the jungle, she notices a blonde with big boobs taking a shower. This causes Tarzana to see things a bit differently. Yes, this is the type of stuff that happens in this film. Oh yeah, you've also got the actors walking around this wooded area and more times than not you can't help but think that all of these scenes were shot at once.
I wouldn't say that Femi Benussi gave a good performance as Tarzana but she doesn't as much as was possible for this type of role. You've also got Clark picking up a paycheck. Most people will probably remember him from the horror cult classic ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES and I must admit that it was fun seeing him here.
With all of that said, TARZANA, THE WILD WOMAN suffers the most because it's just so boring. Nothing ever really happens outside of the nudity. There's no real action. No adventure. Heck, there's really no laughs or love interest or anything else for that matter. They basically took a one-note joke (a female Tarzan) and did nothing with it.
