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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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