Tommy Cook is very creepy as Kimba, the Leopard Boy. He's best known for playing Inspector Lastrade in Universal's Sherlock Holmes series. Dennis Hoey is amusing as the commissioner. This is arguably the best acting job of her short career, for what that's worth. She's very attractive but not the strongest actress. They tried to make her a star in their horror stable but it didn't really work out. I'm used to seeing Acquanetta in Universal films from around this time. So it's Tarzan versus leopard skin-wearing cultists, led by Queen Lea (Acquanetta). Tarzan doesn't believe leopards are the cause of the attacks and, as you might have guessed by the title of this picture, he's right. He's asked by a commissioner (of what I don't know) to look into a series of leopard attacks on travelers. There's a different vibe to it, particularly in the early scenes where Tarzan acts as a sort of jungle detective. This one's pretty different from those that came before it. The Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan series continues at RKO with the fourth film (tenth overall, counting the MGM films).
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