The Ape
“Jungle Beast or Man of Science?”
Director
William Nigh
Screenplay
Richard Carroll, Curt Siodmak
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?
Release
Sep 30, 1940
Budget
—
Country
United States of America
Revenue
—
Cast
Boris Karloff
Dr. Bernard Adrian
Maris Wrixon
Frances Clifford
Gene O'Donnell
Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan
Mother Clifford
Henry Hall
Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer Jackson
Dr. McNulty
Gertrude Hoffmann
Jane the Housekeeper
Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Brill
Billy Bletcher
Short Mustached Posse Man
Harry C. Bradley
Quinn
George Cleveland
Mr. Howley
Ray Corrigan
Nabu
Gibson Gowland
Posse Member
I. Stanford Jolley
Ape Trainer
Donald Kerr
Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
Philo McCullough
Henry Mason
Minerva Urecal
Townswoman
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The Ape
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