The Ape (1940)

09/30/1940 (US) • 1h 2m

Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Jungle Beast or Man of Science?

Overview

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?

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

circus

gorilla

wheelchair

mad scientist

mad doctor

woman in wheelchair

killer ape

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