FilmClassic Monsters Monster & Creature Sci-Fi Horror

The Ape1940

Name: The Ape
Genre: Horror, Classic Monsters, Monster & Creature, Sci-Fi Horror
Released: 1940
Rating: 4.6
Cast: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan, Henry Hall

“Jungle Beast or Man of Science?”

Directed by William Nigh

IMDb 4.6RT Critics 43%TMDB 4.8

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Year

1940

Runtime

62 min

Synopsis

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?

Cast

Boris Karloff

Dr. Bernard Adrian

Maris Wrixon

Frances Clifford

The Ape1940

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