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{{Infobox film

| name = Tarzan's Peril

| image = Poster - Tarzan's Peril 01.jpg

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| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Byron Haskin

| producer = Sol Lesser

| writer =

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = Lex Barker
Virginia Huston
Dorothy Dandridge

| music = Michel Michelet

| cinematography = Karl Struss

| editing = Jack Murray

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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'Tarzan's Peril' is a 1951 film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Virginia Huston as Jane, and featuring Dorothy Dandridge as "Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba." Some of it was shot in Kenya, making it the first Tarzan film to be filmed in Africa, though the majority of its location shooting was done in the United States. Critics praised the convincing integration of the African and American footage. The film is frequently shown under the alternate titles 'Jungle Queen' and 'Tarzan and the Jungle Queen'.

Plot



District Commissioner Peters delays his retirement when confronted with Radijeck, an escaped criminal resuming his gunrunning on behalf on an unnamed foreign power. When Peters and his replacement Connors discover the gunrunning, Rajijeck murders the two men. Radijeck sells the weapons to King Bulam who arms his men to revenge himself against Melmendi, Queen of a rival tribe who spurns his offer of marriage. With Melmendi and her people held captive, only Tarzan can stop them.

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