Tarzan's Secret Treasure

Tarzan's Secret Treasure is a 1941 Tarzan film directed by Richard Thorpe. Based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it is the fifth in the MGM Tarzan series to star Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Original prints of the film were processed in sepiatone. The next film in the series would be Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), the last in the series to feature Maureen O'Sullivan, and the last before the series moved to RKO. Synopsis An expedition team arrives on Tarzan's escarpment. By chance, the two villainous members Medford (Tom Conway) and Vandermeer (Philip Dorn) find out that there is plenty of gold on the escarpment. They kidnap Jane and Boy in order to make Tarzan show them the location of the gold. After Tarzan complies, Medford shoots him and mistakenly presumes he is dead. Soon the group is captured by natives, whereupon Tarzan, comes to their rescue. Cast Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Parker Johnny Sheffield as Boy (as John Sheffield) Reginald Owen as Professor Elliott Barry Fitzgerald as O'Doul Tom Conway as Medford Philip Dorn as Vandermeer Cordell Hickman as Tumbo Johnny Eck as Bird (uncredited) Everett Brown as Native (uncredited)