The Ape

The Ape (1940)

Jungle Beast or Man of Science?

Horror Science Fiction

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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  • Release Date: 1940-09-30
  • Runtime: 1h 2min
  • Director: William Nigh

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    • Trailer

    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

    • Pauline Drake

      Young Girl

    • Mary Field

      Mrs. Mason

    • Gibson Gowland

      Posse Member

    • Julia Griffith

      Townswoman

    • I. Stanford Jolley

      Ape Trainer

    • Stan Jolley

      Boy in Soda Shop

    • Jack Kennedy

      Dep. Archie Tomlin

    • Donald Kerr

      Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer

    • Philo McCullough

      Henry Mason

    • Buddy Swan

      Willie Brill

    • Minerva Urecal

      Townswoman

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