Spanish Tarzan without copyright , including splendid landscapes from Colombia , Miami and Spain . This is a regular Tarzan movie with emotion , adventures , tough fights between Tarzan and the evil prospectors , underwater fights , rapid streams , marvelous outdoors and many other things . It deals with group of nasty men are looking for savage animals . The group of zoo-suppling animal hunters is formed by Bob (Ángel del Pozo) , his wife Helen (Agata Flori) and the villain Richard (Peter Lee Lawrence , usual actor in Spaghetti/Paella Westerns) . Later on , they to be be aware Tarzan (Steve Hawkes , and he didn't speak Spanish language , being dubbed) knows a cave plenty of emeralds and the ruthless Richard detains him , mistreats and tortures to find out the location of a valuable grotto , called ¨The emeralds cave¨, a secret cave whose place only knows Tarzan . Meanwhile , at an African tribe happens a strong confrontation between two pretending applicants to tribe throne : a little boy and a violent warrior , both of whom have to dispute a dangerous race . As Tarzan helps and saves the threatened kid to defeat his enemies and some cruel natives who cheat him . To coerce Tarzan the villainous Richard , -who wish to take over the lavish cave- , kidnaps Irula , Tarzan's girlfriend , (Kitty Swan who along with Steve Hawkes were badly burnt in an accident while shooting) . But Tarzan doesn't take kindly the threat and executes against the evil-doers an extreme lesson .
This film with international title "Tarzan and the Brown Prince" is the follow-up to ¨Tarzan En La Gruta Del Oro¨ or "Tarzan in the Golden Grotto" also directed by Manuel Caño . A light mixture of moving action , sunny adventure and spectacular fights against Crocs and some wild-animal trappers who take on Tarzan . In the film there are wonderful scenes about swimming underwater , silly nasties , extensive views of the Central America jungle, and gorgeous girls such as Agata Flori and Kitty Swan marvelously dressed in in bikini fur . As well as extensive sights from wildlife , such as : Elephants , Panther , Crocs , Chimpanzees , and several others . The movie is dubiously faithful to Edgar Rice Borroughs story . It contains noisy action , sensational adventures , many angry natives , ominous white hunters , overwhelming falls , several enjoyable underwater scenes starred by Steve Hawkes and Kitty Swan , as well as breathtaking outdoors from Colombia and Florida . Embarrassing and kiddie screenplay by Santiago Moncada , a known as well as prolific novelist , Screenwriter and playwright who wrote ¨La Campana Del Infierno¨ , ¨Corrupción De Chris Miller¨ and ¨Gorilas a Todo Ritmo¨ also starred by another peculiar Tarzan . Colorful cinematography by Marcello Masciocchi , including ample shots over prairies and South American savanna , including footage of the real capture of wildlife as elephants in that the risks of the hunt are decently evoked . And anti-climatic and inappropriate musical score .
The film is lousily performed by Steve Hawkes , born in Eastern Europe , the Croatian Steve Hawkes (aka Hucks) emigrated to America as a teenager to pursue an acting career , citing Johnny Weissmuller as a childhood influence , though his career had sparse glory . He played a Tarzan-type role in a series of Spanish-language movies , as this one and ¨Tarzan Y El Arco Iris¨ (this one filmed on location in Colombia , Florida , Spain) , both of them shot by horror expert Manuel Caño (The swamp of the ravens , Voodoo Black Exorcist) . In Spain his character was referred to as "Tarzan" , but when they were released in English-language territories they directly avoided mentioning the Tarzan name , instead referring to Hawkes' character as ¨Zak¨ or "Zan" to avoid copyright foes . In 1971 he played the lead in the much-loved exploitation movie Blood Freak (1972) , in which he turns into a monster turkey . In the mid-'70s he was badly burned -along with his mate Kitty Swan- in an on-set accident (shooting this ¨Tarzan Y Arco Iris¨) , putting an end to his failed acting career and staying in Florida . Now completely retired , he runs an animal sanctuary out of Miami , a menagerie with a lot of wildlife ; however , being recently closed for a getaway of a dangerous Bengal tiger . This apocryphal Tarzan dressed in leopard , including a rocker lookalike style , long sideburns , like a bouncer and a special image belonging more a gay magazine than a Tarzan movie . Here the producers took the production budget and fled . Rating : 5/10 . Average Tarzan movie , though , subsequently , become a ¨Cult movie¨ for some Frikis aficionados to these kinds of weird products .
