The Ape
Jungle Beast or Man of Science?
1940 | 62m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | William Nigh |
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| Writer: | Curt Siodmak, Richard Carroll |
| Staring: |
| Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection? | |
| Release Date: | Sep 30, 1940 |
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| Director: | William Nigh |
| Writer: | Curt Siodmak, Richard Carroll |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | circus, gorilla, wheelchair, mad scientist, mad doctor, woman in wheelchair, killer ape |
| Production Companies | Monogram Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | Dr. Bernard Adrian |
| Maris Wrixon | Frances Clifford |
| Gene O'Donnell | Danny Foster |
| Dorothy Vaughan | Mother Clifford |
| Henry Hall | Sheriff Jeff Halliday |
| Selmer Jackson | Dr. McNulty |
| Gertrude Hoffmann | Jane the Housekeeper |
| Jessie Arnold | Mrs. Brill |
| Billy Bletcher | Short Mustached Posse Man |
| Harry C. Bradley | Quinn |
| George Cleveland | Mr. Howley |
| Ray Corrigan | Nabu |
| Pauline Drake | Young Girl |
| Mary Field | Mrs. Mason |
| Gibson Gowland | Posse Member |
| Julia Griffith | Townswoman |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Ape Trainer |
| Stan Jolley | Boy in Soda Shop |
| Jack Kennedy | Dep. Archie Tomlin |
| Donald Kerr | Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer |
| Philo McCullough | Henry Mason |
| Buddy Swan | Willie Brill |
| Minerva Urecal | Townswoman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Nigh | Director |
| Curt Siodmak | Adaptation, Screenplay |
| Richard Carroll | Screenplay |
| Harry Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Charles J. Bigelow | Production Manager |
| Russell F. Schoengarth | Editor |
| Edward J. Kay | Original Music Composer, Music Director |
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Allen K. Wood | Assistant Director |
| Karl Zint | Sound Recordist |
| Adam Shirk | Theatre Play |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William T. Lackey | Associate Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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