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A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure.
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- 1 nomination
J. Farrell MacDonald
- Police Capt. O'Brien
- (as J. Farrel MacDonald)
Ernest Morrison
- Copyboy
- (as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
Charlie Hall
- Barney - Photographer
- (uncredited)
George Kirby
- Townsend - Butler
- (uncredited)
Ray Miller
- Police Detective
- (uncredited)
William Ruhl
- Martin - Editor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaWhen photographer Billie Mason (Louise Currie) and journalist Jeff Carter (Wallace Ford) are leaving for Dr. Brewster's (Bela Lugosi) house, Billie jokingly calls Jeff "Mr. Brisbane". In the banter, she was referring to Arthur Brisbane (1864-1936), who was known as the greatest newspaper journalist of his time.
- GoofsAt the 40-minute mark, as Jeff Carter is walking through a doorway he removes his hat twice.
- Quotes
Agatha Brewster: Most spirits are honest, gentle and kind, and only want to bring happiness to humans. But a few are evil and, having been wicked in life, are wicked in death, and only haunt the scenes of desperate crimes, reveling in murder.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the film a mysterious character who has appeared intermittently throughout the film introduces himself as "the author of the story" and winds up a car window with the words "THE END" printed on it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lock Up Your Daughters (1951)
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Lugosi with LOTS of hair
The Ape Man is a story about a mad doctor who has been experimenting with apes and has slowly turned himself into a kind of ape man through an injection of sorts. The details of the experiment as well as with the plot are often never stated or incredibly vague. To be certain, poor Bela wants spinal fluid for regressing the advancing stages of apeness, and he and his gorilla friend kill with this goal in mind. Bela lurches and swings his arms as the ape man. The movie was made by Monogram and is evidently cheaply made, but the film is entertaining as a Lugosi film. He is the important character and even though his dialogue and actions are highly doubtful given the circumstances, Bela comes off as a menacing mad man. I wish I could say something good about the rest of the cast. The gorilla is fake as can be, the male and female reporters whose lives are in peril at the film's climax have no acting savvy whatsoever. Bela's sister is rather good as is their doctor friend, but remember this film is a cheapie and looks it. Nonetheless I would recommend the die-hard classic horror fan to see it.
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- Aug 13, 1999
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- The Gorilla Strikes
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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