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4.8Dr. 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?
Released: 1940-09-3062 minDir: William NighHorror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Cast
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Bernard Adrian
- Maris Wrixon as Frances Clifford
- Gene O'Donnell as Danny Foster
- Dorothy Vaughan as Mother Clifford
- Henry Hall as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
- Selmer Jackson as Dr. McNulty
Themes
- circus
- gorilla
- wheelchair
- mad scientist
- mad doctor
- woman in wheelchair
- killer ape
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Ratings
IMDb
4.6/10
2,092 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
43%
- Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Genres
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- Approved
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- monster film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- mad scientist
- Director
- William Nigh
- Screenwriter
- Curt Siodmak
- Cast member
- Ray Corrigan
- Composer
- Edward J. Kay
- Producer
- William Nigh
- Cinematographer
- Harry Neumann
- Duration
- 62
- FilmAffinity ID
- 249253
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- The Ape (1940) poster.jpg
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- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- The Ape
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- Commons category
- The Ape (1940 film)
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