The Ape

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The Ape (1940, USA) is a Sci-Fi-Horror film directed by William Nigh.

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Main Details

  • Released on September 30, 1940
  • B/W
  • Running time: 62 min
  • Production and Distribution Co.: Monogram Pictures
  • Directed by William Nigh
  • Written by Adam Shirk (as Adam Hull Shirk), Curt Siodmak (as Kurt Siodmak), Richard Carroll
  • Starring: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell
  • Produced by William T. Lackey
  • Original Music by Edward J. Kay
  • Cinematography by Harry Neumann
  • Film Editing by Russell F. Schoengarth (as R. Schoengarth)

Plot Summary

  • Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum.

Also Known As

  • Apmänniskan (Sweden)
  • El gorila (Spain)
  • Gorilla (undefined)

Taglines

  • He keeps human life in test tubes, and prowls at night in the skin of an ape!
  • These cold eyes have watched a thousand men die screaming!


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