The Lion Man is a 1936 American film very loosely based on The Lad and the Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and the 1917 silent movie of the same title.[1] It was directed by John P. McCarthy and produced by Arthur Alexander and Max Alexander. The film stars Jon Hall then appearing under his real name Charles Locher and Kathleen Burke who had recently co-starred in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer. The Lion Man was re-released as a "Tarzan Vs the Lion Man" double feature in the late 1940s.[2]

The Lion Man
Film poster
Directed by	John P. McCarthy
Written by	Richard Gordon John Willimas Edgar Rice Burroughs (story)
Produced by	Arthur Alexander Max Alexander
Starring	Jon Hall
Cinematography	Robert E. Cline
Production company	Normandy Pictures
Distributed by	First Division Pictures
Release date	1936
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Jon Hall ... Ed Lion (as Charles Locher)
• Kathleen Burke ... Eulilah
• Ted Adams ... Sheikh Youssef Ab-Dur
• Jimmy Aubrey ... Simmonds
• Richard Carlyle ... Hassan El Dinh

Notes

External links

• The Lion Man at IMDb
• The Lion Man at the TCM Movie Database