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A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
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- 1 nomination
J. Farrell MacDonald
- Police Capt. O'Brien
- (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Ernest Morrison
- Copyboy
- (as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
Charlie Hall
- Barney - Photographer
- (uncredited)
George Kirby
- Townsend - Butler
- (uncredited)
Ray Miller
- Police Detective
- (uncredited)
William Ruhl
- Martin - Editor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen photographer Billie Mason (Louise Currie) and journalist Jeff Carter (Wallace Ford) are leaving for Dr. Brewster's (Bela Lugosi) house, Billie jokingly calls Jeff "Mr. Brisbane". In the banter, she was referring to Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936), who was known as the greatest newspaper journalist of his time.
- GoofsAt the 40-minute mark, as Jeff Carter is walking through a doorway he removes his hat twice.
- Quotes
Agatha Brewster: Most spirits are honest, gentle and kind, and only want to bring happiness to humans. But a few are evil and, having been wicked in life, are wicked in death, and only haunt the scenes of desperate crimes, reveling in murder.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the film a mysterious character who has appeared intermittently throughout the film introduces himself as "the author of the story" and winds up a car window with the words "THE END" printed on it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lock Up Your Daughters (1951)
Featured review
Good, Campy Fun With Bela and the Director Who Brought Us "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter".
"The Ape Man" (1943), directed by legendary hack William Beaudine (the man who gave us "Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter" [1966] and "Billy the Kid versus Dracula" [1966]), this b-movie gives us a deliciously hammy, over-the-top performance from Bela Lugosi, who had gone down a long way since his myth-making role in Tod Browning's "Dracula" (1931). The plot is the usual hokum: a crazed scientist, Dr. James Brewster (Bela Lugosi), with help from his more sane counterpart, Dr. George Randall (Henry hall), injects himself with spinal fluid that turns him into an ape man. But at sixty-nine minutes, the film moves so fast that plot logic is never anything you spare a great deal of thought on. Wallace Ford (who apart from having minor roles in a few Hitchcock movies and featuring in lots of TV shows, is most famous for starring in the brilliant "Freaks" [1932]), Ralph Littlefield and Louise Currie are decent and the whole movie on the technical side, is quite competent. A fun film for people who enjoy the works of Edward D. Wood Jr.
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- Jun 8, 2010
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- The Gorilla Strikes
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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