Tarzan and His Mate

Skip the empty spectacle elsewhere — Tarzan and His Mate, in Australia on Amazon Prime Video, grounds its action in something real. It says what it needs to say in one sitting, no filler. With 153 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Johnny Weissmüller brings a physicality to the role that elevates every sequence. Available now on Amazon Prime Video — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Tarzan and His Mate arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. Tarzan and His Mate moves fast and earns its action sequences rather than just delivering them. Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition. Johnny Weissmüller and Maureen O'Sullivan lead a cast that earns every set piece rather than just filling it. It was released in 1934. Tarzan and His Mate earns its bigger moments by making you care about the outcome before it happens. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

The genre has a long history of front-loading its best moments — Tarzan and His Mate is not one of those. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single evening. Johnny Weissmüller's performance is the throughline that holds the bigger action elements together. Give it twenty minutes and decide — most viewers do not stop there.

Tarzan and His Mate was released in 1934, directed by Cedric Gibbons. The full 104-minute film is available to watch now. Find exactly where it's streaming below, and TV Butler Pro makes it effortless to track your progress as you go. Just search the name, and Butler finds it instantly, tells you which service has it, and remembers exactly where you left off.