Tarzan and the Golden Lion

Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Theatrical poster
Directed byJ. P. McGowan
Screenplay byEdgar Rice Burroughs (novel)
William E. Wing (adaptation)
Based onCharacters created by
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
StarringJames Pierce
Boris Karloff
Distributed byRobertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • March 20, 1927 (1927-03-20)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish intertitles

Tarzan and the Golden Lion is a 1927 jungle movie. It is a Tarzan silent movie. It is based on a book of the same name by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The movie was directed by J. P. McGowan. It stars James Pierce as Tarzan. Boris Karloff plays Owaza.

After searching for a city of diamonds, Tarzan races with his pet lion Jad-bal-ja to save a young woman from being sacrificed to a lion-god.