The Ape

The Ape

4.8
|September 30, 1940|1h 2m|Movie
HorrorMysteryScience Fiction

Storyline

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?

Top Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Dr. Bernard Adrian

Maris Wrixon

Maris Wrixon

Frances Clifford

Gene O'Donnell

Gene O'Donnell

Danny Foster

Dorothy Vaughan

Dorothy Vaughan

Mother Clifford

Henry Hall

Henry Hall

Sheriff Jeff Halliday

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

Dr. McNulty

Gertrude Hoffmann

Gertrude Hoffmann

Jane the Housekeeper

Jessie Arnold

Jessie Arnold

Mrs. Brill

Billy Bletcher

Billy Bletcher

Short Mustached Posse Man

Harry C. Bradley

Harry C. Bradley

Quinn

George Cleveland

George Cleveland

Mr. Howley

Ray Corrigan

Ray Corrigan

Nabu

?

Pauline Drake

Young Girl

?

Mary Field

Mrs. Mason

Gibson Gowland

Gibson Gowland

Posse Member

Julia Griffith

Julia Griffith

Townswoman

I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Ape Trainer

?

Stan Jolley

Boy in Soda Shop

?

Jack Kennedy

Dep. Archie Tomlin

Donald Kerr

Donald Kerr

Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer

Director

William Nigh

Writers

Curt Siodmak, Richard Carroll

Status

Released

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