The Ape
“Jungle Beast or Man of Science?”
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?
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Russell F SchoengarthShot by Harry Neumann
Also known as
- El gorilaes
- Le Singe tueurfr
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Cast & Crew
16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Boris Karloff
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
Maris Wrixon
as Miss Frances Clifford
Gene O Donnell
as Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan
as Mother Clifford
Gertrude Hoffman
as Jane - Adrian's Housekeeper
Henry Hall
as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer Jackson
as Dr. McNulty
Jessie Arnold
as Mrs. Brill
Billy Bletcher
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Harry C Bradley
as Quinn
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