King Kong
“Beauty conquered the beast!”
Director
Merian C. Cooper
Screenplay
Ruth Rose, James Ashmore Creelman
The original monster-movie landmark from Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, in which a film crew sails to a mysterious island and captures a giant ape, bringing him to New York where he meets his doom atop the Empire State Building. Willis O'Brien's groundbreaking stop-motion animation and its tragic beauty made it a foundational blockbuster. A genuine classic that shaped fantasy cinema.
Release
Apr 7, 1933
Budget
$672K
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$10M
Cast
Robert Armstrong
Carl Denham
Fay Wray
Ann Darrow
Bruce Cabot
Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher
Captain Englehorn
Victor Wong
Ship's Cook Charlie
James Flavin
Mate Briggs
Sam Hardy
Charles Weston
Noble Johnson
Skull Island Native Chief
Steve Clemente
Skull Island Witch Doctor
Roscoe Ates
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Merian C. Cooper
Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Frances Curry
Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (Uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Apple Vendor (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Harry Strang
Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)
Bill Williams
Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Ship's Engineer (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
George Magrill
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
John Northpole
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Reviews
TMDB
7.6/10
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Trailer
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King Kong
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