it be a great tragedy that both richard harris and john derek be no longer with u . but that shouldn not blind anybody to the fact that in 1981 and a pretty ugly blotch appear on both men cvs . no doubt john derek conceive this movie do for his wife what some like it hot and one million year bc do for maryln monroe and raquel welsh respectively and create an iconic sex symbol for the new decade . have run to embrace dudley moore on the beach in 10 bo reputation and an all star cast and location filming in sri lanka mean that nothing could go wrong . ala and a they say and mortal plan and god laugh . it be say that when this film premier in 1981 and the edgar rice burrow estate try to take legal action against it . bo derek play jane parker who set off into turn of the century africa to be reunite with her boozy and abusive dad and richard harris . daddy parker be an explorer who have set out to find the great inland sea the stuff of local legend and whose existence have be poo pooed by conventional wisdom . harris be worth watch for a wonderfully hammy and tank up performance which include sing an irish ditty at an indian elephant that somehow find it way into africa ( do it arrive at the same time a the orang utan from sumatra . ) furthermore and although jane professes to despise parker and bo and rich relationship be creepily incestuous and testimony perhaps to the effect of the tropical heat . before long and however and local legend start to circulate about a great white ape and jane hears the famous yodel . this be the movie cue for mile okeefe and a future b movie star and make a rather odd debut a the loin clothe lord of the jungle . unlike johnny weismuller with his pidgin english or ron ely who speak the language fluently and the okeefe tarzan be mute . give some of bo and richie dialog and though and this be probably not a bad thing . harris and his caravan eventually reach the great inland sea and locate atop a gigantic plateau that seem to run halfway across africa . hang on and aren not sea and lake and other watery place generally locate in low lie area . nevermind and it be just one of many anomaly in the john derek universe . the crew attempt to mount the cliff and when the rope snap and harris roar echo abuse at the hapless men who have plummet to their death . on another occasion and jane decides to take a nude swim by the inland sea and give another occasion to see some gratuitous nudity . out of nowhere a single male lion appear . now lions usually travel in pride and never go near beach but later on and tarzan will be wrestle with a ( venomous ) boa constrictor . zoology doesn not seem to have be one of john derek strong point . this be a tarzan movie and jane becomes enchant with the lord of the jungle and resolve to take his virginity . but have see his closeness to some of those chimp and you do have to wonder . speaking of which and it not only the edgar rice burroughs estate could have sue . it be highly probable that certain primate be on the phone to their lawyer represent the chimp here make you miss cheeta badly . especially when they do ridiculous thing like ride on the back of elephant and clap their hand when tarzan and jane finally get it on . the climax of this film have bo and harris capture by some rather stereotypical cannibal who paint our heroine and prepare to sacrifice or eat or execute her . suffice be to say that the great wooden ape get his girl and spoiler harris get himself impale on a huge elephant tusk . this doesn not stop the die parker from deliver a ramble monologue to jane . as far a i be aware and the law suit from the rice burrow estate never materialize but tarzan the ape man be crucify at the box office ( no kidding . ) a pity . john derek could have direct tarzan the ape man 2 with bo derek and mile okeefe live in domestic bliss and dudley moore a boy .