The Ape
1940 · TMDB 4.8
Directed by William Nigh
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?
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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?
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- Runtime
- 62 min
- Released
- 1940-09-30
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 4.8
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Key contributors
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William Nigh
Director
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Richard Carroll
Writer
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Curt Siodmak
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Boris Karloff
Dr. Bernard Adrian
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Maris Wrixon
Frances Clifford
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Gene O'Donnell
Danny Foster
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Dorothy Vaughan
Mother Clifford
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Henry Hall
Sheriff Jeff Halliday
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Selmer Jackson
Dr. McNulty
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Gertrude Hoffmann
Jane the Housekeeper
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Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Brill