***SPOILERS*** Movie with a lot of heart in that to prove oneself in this far-out leopard cult lead by the head of the spotty outfit High Priestess Lea, Acquanetta, you have to kill a enemy and bring his or her heart back to her in order to prove your worthiness in being a member of it. The leopard men have being running around the jungle in their leopard outfits using what looks like steel clawed back-scratchers as weapons and killing anyone who happens to get close to their hangout a cave outside the jungle town of Bugandi.It's when a survivor of a leopard man attack makes it back alive to Zambezi that Tarzan, Johnny Weissmuller, who together with Jane and Boy, Brenda Joyce & Johnny Sheffield, with their pet monkey Cheetha who was their looking for bargains at the local bazaar got involved in all this leopard business. Tarzan realized that the attacks that have been taking place around the town of Bugandi were not that of wild leopards but people who were trying to put the blame on the spotted creatures! That's in order to keep the town from becoming modernized! As we soon find out it's , besides High priestess Lea, the highly educated half Bugandian half Englishman Dr. Lazar, Edger Barrier, who's been organizing these deadly attacks in order to keep his hometown Bugandi pure and native and not corrupted by the evils of modern civilization.Tarzan does his usual vine swinging and diving act in the movie with Johnny Weissmuller looking a bit too old, at age 41, and somewhat flabby to really be convincing. Getting captured by the leopard men after trying to save four pretty teachers from Zambezi who were kidnapped by the cat people and slated to be sacrificed to the Leopard God it's again,like in almost all the Tarzan movies, the cute and mischievous monkey Cheetha using High Priestess Lea's' leopard claw looking back-scratcher who saved the day by freeing Tarzan just as he was about to be done in, together with Boy Jane and the four teachers, by the leopard men.***SPOILERS*** What in fact really did in High Priestess Lea and her leopard men was her bratty kid brother Kimba, Tommy Cook, who in trying to prove his worth, by killing an enemy of the clan and bringing back his heart, as a full fledged leopard man failed completely which had him and Dr. Lazer, the second in command of the leopard cult, turn on each other in the movies exciting final sequence. It's then that a freed, by his pet monkey Cheetha, Tarzan did in fact a Samson act by pulling the pillars that were holding up the cave, where the leopard men had their headquarters, down and thus finally putting an end to all this out and out jungle craziness!

I was 7 when I ran 2 miles to see this film. It was an 'A' so I had to ask an adult to take me in ( Would you do that today?) It was a terrific film and frightened me to death. I ran all the way home looking over my shoulder. Although I have seen other Tarzan films this was the best. There has never been an actor who could yodel like Weismuller . Whatever happened to Boy did he appear in any other movies? As a child I was always worried that Tarzan would fall as he swung through the jungle. He never seemed to test the creepers before using them. I wish this super film would appear on TV today. The scenery may have been a bit shaky in parts and the wildlife tame but it was a really enjoyable film and made a lasting impression on me. When ever someone asks me my favorite film I always answer Tarzan and the leopard Women.

Local authorities are positive that leopards are responsible for a series of fatal attacks on caravans travelling the jungle route from Zambesi, but Tarzan remains unconvinced. The ape man is right, of course: the real culprits are fanatical members of a leopard cult, led by beautiful high priestess Lea (the gorgeous Acquanetta) and native doctor Ameer Lazar (Edgar Barrier), who are angry at civilisation for exploiting their resources and encroaching on their domain. Meanwhile, Lea's younger brother Kimba (Tommy Cook), who is desperate to earn warrior status by presenting his tribe with a human heart, tricks his way into the Tarzan household and sets his murderous sights on Jane (Brenda Joyce)...After a few not particularly impressive movies, its great to see the Weissmuller Tarzan series back on form at last with possibly the ape man's most satisfying adventure since Tarzan and His Mate: not only do we get an enjoyably silly premise, impossibly wicked villains, and an exciting finale, but we also see leopard men performing daft dance routines, Cheetah playing a flute and charming a rubber snake, Tarzan grappling with hairy wrestler Tongolo the Terrible (played by professional wrestler 'King Kong' Kashey), four pretty teachers almost eaten by crocodiles, and an exciting chase scene in which Tarzan prepares deadly booby traps for his pursuers.A hugely entertaining slice of escapist jungle fun, I rate Tarzan and the Leopard Woman 7.5 out of 10, rounded up to 8 for IMDb.

TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN is the most entertaining of the Tarzan films Weismuller made for RKO. Things were starting to get dreary at the RKO backlot jungle, and this film gave the series a boost. The story of a murderous cult who worship a leopard god, has the kind of plot found in the Tarzan comics I used to read as a kid. The plot seems to be in part based on a real life leopard worshiping murder cult, somewhat like the murderous Kali cult of 19th century India; this secret all male society terrorized East Africa until it was put down by the British. Acquenta is exotically gorgeous as the cults leader, Queen Lea.So what if TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD WOMAN is only escapist entertainment. If you highbrow types are looking for art, what are you doing watching a Tarzan movie anyway?