The Gorilla (English Subtitled)

Comedy, Horror

When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate.

A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive. Patsy Kelly portrays a newly hired maid who wants to quit because the butler, played by Bela Lugosi, scares her.

Movie Info

Directed by: Allan Dwan
Written by: Ralph Spence (play), Rian James, Sid Silvers
Produced by: Harry Joe Brown
Starring: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon

Cinematography: Edward Cronjager
Edited by: Allen McNeil
Music by: David Buttolph, David Raksin, Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman
Distributed by: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Release date: May 26, 1939
Running time: 66 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English, English Subtitled

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