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Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Known Most Notably as the Debut Film for Gordon Scott's Stint as Tarzan, but Also for RKO on the Way Out of the Business and Refusing Any Budget for the Thing, and Scott Meeting and Marrying Vera Miles on the Set.The Movie has No Jane, No Boy, and Only Cheta Returns to Pal Along with Tarzan as He Once Again Goes Up Against White Hunters Who are on a Safari of Death for Profit. The Hidden Jungle of the Title Refers to an Across the River Sanctuary for the Critters Helped by a Friendly Native Tribe that Exchanges Remedies with a United Nations Doctor.Jack Elam and His Bad Guys Run Up Against the Natives and Tarzan and the Result is Predictable but Fun. The Series Would Get Better with Gordon Scott Becoming More Articulate and the Stories More Diversified. Glorious Color Became a Tarzan Standard and the Franchise, Once Again, Had Some Critical and Fan Success Following This One.

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Tarzan (Gordon Scott) must help a good doctor and his assistant (Vera Miles) when they're fooled by some "cameramen" who are actually hunters. The hunters trick the doctor into taking them across the river, which is a place guarded by a tribe who worship the jungle animals. This was Scott's first film as Tarzan and it's easy to see why fans originally went so crazy for the actor as he certainly fit the bill and turned in a fine performance. The story itself really isn't all that original and especially when you consider how many of the previous films dealt with Tarzan having to do battle against hunters coming to harm animals. The screenplay offers up the most basic story as Tarzan and Cheta are living happily in the jungle when animals begin to show up with gunshot wounds. Tarzan of course starts to investigate and this here leads up to him going after the bad guys. The story itself is pretty routine and it actually doesn't offer up too much excitement but thankfully the cast is good enough to where you can overlook some of the weak story points. Scott is pretty good as Tarzan as he certainly has the body for it and I thought the performance was fitting as well. Legend has it that Scott was noticed at a pool, brought to Hollywood and this newbie beat out some who had been acting for quite a period. Scott doesn't perfectly nail the dialogue but I thought he was believable as the ape man. Miles, a few years from Hitchcock, isn't the greatest female lead in the series but I found her to be quite entertaining. Scott and Miles would marry shortly after the filming of this film and the two certainly share some chemistry in front of the cameras. Peter van Eyck is fairly bland as the doctor but Jack Elam offers up a fun villain performance. As you'd expect, we get a few jungle animals in good form but there's also quite a bit of stock footage used as naturally it doesn't mix in too well with the real footage. Also on hard is a pretty good sequence where Miles is stranded in the jungle alone and faces a lion, a large snake and then quicksand. This sequence comes towards the end of the film but it has some nice drama to it. TARZAN'S HIDDEN JUNGLE isn't a masterpiece but fans of the series should be entertained with the cast doing such a fine job.

In the African jungles at RKO studios, white men hunt wild animals who mind their own business in stock footage. This upsets jungle king Gordon Scott (as Tarzan) and area natives. They wear animal skins, bones and feathers. There is no "Jane", so Mr. Scott meets pretty nurse Vera Miles (as Jill Hardy) taking a swim. They are mutually attracted. Later, Scott rescues Ms. Miles from quicksand and washes a leg, arm and neck before observing censorship rules. Several lions run toward the camera. Sporting a 1950s hair style, this was Scott's first outing as "Tarzan". Holding in his stomach even when he doesn't need to, Scott handsomely shows off a beautiful physique. Miles is exceptionally attractive. They got married.**** Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (2/16/55) Harold D. Schuster ~ Gordon Scott, Vera Miles, Peter van Eyck, Jack Elam

Gordon Scott made his motion picture debut as the Lord of the Jungle in "Dinner at the Ritz" director Harold D. Schuster's "Tarzan's Hidden Jungle" co-starring Peter Van Eyck, Jack Elam, Don Beddoe, Rex Ingram, and Vera Miles. Basically, this RKO release qualifies as just another Tarzan movie. Scott maintains the tradition of the choppy delivery perpetuated by Johnny Weismuller and carried on my Lex Barker. Tarzan tangles with big game hunters who have a quota in the number of barrels of animal fat, animal skins, and pounds of ivory they can harvest from the senseless slaughter of jungle wildlife. Of course, Tarzan supports the wildlife and meets a beautiful nurse and a dedicated doctor while he clashes with despicable poachers. When the hunters decimate the numbers of animals on one side of the river, they decide to cross the river into the Sukulu country. The obstacle that they face across the river is that the Sukulu tribe protects the animals and treats them with respect. The evil hunters fool the nurse into helping them convince the doctor that they are legitimate photographers who want to make a documentary about his efforts. Vera Miles learns about how dangerous that the jungle can be when she is caught between either sinking into a quicksand pit or being eaten by a python. Predictably, Tarzan saves the day. Not only does he rescue the comely young nurse, but he also saves the good doctor and her from death at the hands of the Sukulu. Scott makes an okay Tarzan and Elam is a dastard. Richard Reeves is around long enough to become a prisoner of the Sukulus. They hurl him into a den of lions and we are treated to a glimpse of a dummy dressed as him fall into the pit. Schuster doesn't wear out his welcome at a trim 72 minutes. "Perils of Nyoka" scenarist William Lively penned the screenplay in this clash of culture epics. Producer Sol Lesser had this adventure lensed in black & white with many obvious studio interiors. Tarzan doesn't live in a tree house. He neither has Jane as his mate or a son as his companion.