Tarzan and the Huntress

After World War II left zoos short of exotic specimens, animal trainer Tanya Rawlins arrives in the African bush with a wealthy backer and an abrasive trail boss who want to replenish collections. They cut a deal with the local king, but pressure and greed lead them to take more animals than the agreement allows. Tarzan responds when the overhunting threatens the tribe and the habitat, confronting the hunters while trying to limit bloodshed. As tensions rise, loyalties shift and the newcomers' real attitudes toward the jungle come into view, highlighting clashes between profit-driven expeditions and the community that lives there.

Directed by Kurt Neumann, Tarzan and the Huntress was released in 1947. It draws on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan creation, with screenplay work by Jerome Gruskin and Rowland Leigh, starring Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield and Patricia Morison.

The picture did not pick up major Academy Award nominations or high-profile festival prizes. Its recognition is mostly confined to serial-film scholarship and Tarzan fandom, where it’s treated as a solid entry in the Weissmuller era rather than an awards contender.

Though not a landmark, the movie helped keep Tarzan prominent in postwar popular culture. Weissmuller's screen persona and the signature Tarzan yell stayed familiar to audiences, and Patricia Morison's glamorous antagonist added a memorable foil, so collectors and genre fans still cite the film when tracing the series' evolution.

Modern viewers tend to rate it modestly, reflected in a vote average near 5.7 out of 10 from contemporary tallies. Critics and fans point to straightforward adventure beats, staged animal sequences, and a recurring theme about the ethics of wildlife capture, with Tarzan positioned as protector of both people and the natural world.