johnny weissmuller final film a king of the jungle and after 16 year in the role and tarzan and the mermaid and be bind to disappoint all but the most ardent of his fan . at 44 and the ex olympian and one of hollywood most active party animal and be long past the slim athleticism of his youth and and look tire ( although he be in marginally good condition than in his previous entry and tarzan and the huntress ) . not only have weissmuller gotten too old for his role while johnny sheffield and the quintessential boy and have grow to manhood ( he be a strapping 17 year old ) and so he be write out of the script and under the pretext of be away at school . brenda joyce and at 35 and be appear in her fourth of five film a jane ( she would provide the transition when lex barker become the new tarzan and in 1949 tarzan magic fountain ) and be still a wholesomely sexy a ever . produce by sol lesser and at rko and on a minuscule budget and the cast and crew take advantage of cheap labor by film in mexico . while the location give a decidedly hispanic air to what be supposedly dark africa and veteran director robert florey utilize the country extensively and incorporate cliff diving and an aztec temple into the story . when a young island girl ( tyrone power future bride and linda christian ) be rescue in a jungle river by tarzan and he learn that a local high priest ( george zucco and one of filmdom most enduring villain ) have virtually enslave the local population and threaten retribution from a living god if they do not do his bidding . the girl have be choose to become the god bride and so she flee . fast than you can say be this a dumb plot or what . and the girl be kidnap by the priest henchman and return to the island and and tarzan and follow by jane and colorful spanish character benjy ( charmingly play by john laurenz and who sing several tune ) and and a government commissioner be off to take on the deity and his priest ( poor cheeta be leave behind ) . after a series of discovery ( the god be simply a con man in an aztec mask and work with the priest in milk the island rich pearl bed ) and a bit of brawl action and and comic relief and song by benjy and everything reach the expect happy conclusion . remarkably and tarzan and the mermaid feature a musical score by the brilliant film composer and dimitri tiomkin and and be far good than what you would expect from this b movie . while the film would provide a less than auspicious end to weissmuller time in tarzan loincloth ( he would immediately go on to play jungle jim and a more eloquent variation of the ape man and in khaki ) and the talent involve lift the overall product at least a little above the total mess it could have be . tarzan be about to get a make over and and become much sexy .