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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.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Starring: Christopher Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ralph Richardson

Released: March 30, 1984

Runtime: 143.0

Popularity Rating: 4.628

Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., Warner Bros.

United Kingdom, United States of America

John Clayton Christopher Lambert
Miss Jane Porter Andie MacDowell
The Sixth Earl of Greystoke Ralph Richardson
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot Ian Holm
Lord Charles Esker James Fox
Captain Billings Richard Griffiths
Lady Alice Clayton Cheryl Campbell
Jeffson Brown Ian Charleson
Major Jack Downing Nigel Davenport
Sir Hugh Belcher Nicholas Farrell
Lord John Clayton Paul Geoffrey
Willy Hilton McRae
Buller David Suchet
Dean Ravinder
Sir Evelyn Blount John Wells
Rev Stimson Paul Brooke

Art — Production Design: Stuart Craig
Camera — Director of Photography: John Alcott
Directing — Director: Hugh Hudson
Editing — Editor: Anne V. Coates
Production — Producer: Hugh Hudson
Production — Producer: Stanley S. Canter
Sound — Original Music Composer: John Scott
Writing — Novel: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Writing — Writer: Michael Austin
Writing — Writer: Robert Towne