Jane tells Boy about civilization, so the little fellow leaves a note saying he's running away to see it and will be back in couple of days. He's chased by a lion and he saves an African kid (Cordell Hickman) from a rampaging rhinoceros. They return to Cordell's village in time to see his mother die from an illness. The people there decide to burn Boy at the stake but Tarzan appears and saves him. Tarzan decides to adopt Cordell without checking if he has other relatives. The kid disappears by the next movie.
The rest is like the other movies in the series. An expedition of greedy whites shows up. They want the gold that's lying around Tarzan's treehouse. At least one dies of the disease and Boy is stricken as well. They think they've killed Tarzan and kidnap Jane and Boy. Tarzan goes from apparent death to Christ-like resurrection. I can't remember if he kills the people who kidnapped his wife and child. Usually he rescues them from the locals then lets them die on their own. I always thought this was a glaring weakness of the series, that and the appalling racism.
Cordell Hickman had been in Biscuit Eater before this and had smaller roles in several movies after it. His last credit on IMDb was in 1946.
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