CinemaOSMovie · 1940 · 1h 2m · NR

The Ape

Jungle Beast or Man of Science?

49%(44)IMDbHorrorMysteryScience Fiction

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?

Directed byWilliam Nigh

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 2m
Language
EN
Released
September 30, 1940
Studios
Monogram Pictures

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1940 THE APE - Boris Karloff - Trailer

1940 THE APE - Boris Karloff - Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Dr. Bernard Adrian

Maris Wrixon

Maris Wrixon

Frances Clifford

Gene O'Donnell

Gene O'Donnell

Danny Foster

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

Mother Clifford

Henry Hall

Henry Hall

Sheriff Jeff Halliday

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Dr. McNulty

Gertrude Hoffmann

Gertrude Hoffmann

Jane the Housekeeper

Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

Mrs. Brill

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Short Mustached Posse Man

Harry C. Bradley

Harry C. Bradley

Quinn

Creative team
Directed by
William Nigh
William Nigh
Written by
Richard Carroll
Curt Siodmak
Curt Siodmak

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