
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
PG“A legendary hero - and the tale that's never been told!”
1984·143 min·Released
Studio: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., WEA Records, Warner Bros. Pictures
6.4TMDb
Available on



Theatrical Mar 30, 1984
🇬🇧
UK · English · Kids
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.
Trailer
Crew
DirectorHugh Hudson
WriterMichael Austin, Robert Towne
Cast

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
Ravinder
Dean
John Wells
Sir Evelyn Blount

Paul Brooke
Rev Stimson

Tristram Jellinek
Chalky White

Roddy Maude-Roxby
Olivestone
Eric Langlois
Tarzan aged 12
Danny Potts
Tarzan Aged 5
More like this
Keywords
babyenglandshipwreckcivilizationtarzanstrandedmonkey
Details
Revenue
$46M
TMDb Votes
500
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 2, 2026







