Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 • Adventure | Drama
Hugh Hudson
Director
Michael Austin
Writer
Robert Towne
Writer
Status
Released
Release date
March 30, 1984
Duration
143 Min
Language
en
Popularity
22.437
Budget
$0
Revenue
$45,858,563
Overview
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
Christopher Lambert
Andie MacDowell
Ralph Richardson
Ian Holm
James Fox
Cheryl Campbell
Ian Charleson
Nigel Davenport
Nicholas Farrell
Richard Griffiths
Paul Geoffrey
Hilton McRae
David Suchet
John Wells
Paul Brooke
Tristram Jellinek
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Peter Elliott
John Alexander
Mak Wilson
Deep Roy
Kiran Shah
Philip Tan
David Forman
Martin Pallot
George Antoni
Harriet Thorpe