Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

★★★★ · Lugosi and Lewis · debra71 · 2011-09-13

I watched this movie because i wanted to see Bela Lugosi's part. Boy, Lewis looks very young here. I thought Bela did his role well, and he seems as natural in comedies as in dramas/horror. This was a cute movie if somewhat silly. *Best part for me was Lugosi.

★★★★ · "Watch out for bats!" · cosmico · 2012-10-14

This movie is producer Jack Broder's shining hour! It may be cheap and cheesy, but it made me laugh myself sick the first time I saw it, partly from the absurdity of the Martin and Lewis ripoff (especially Sammy Petrillo's uncanny Jerry Lewis impersonation), but also the crazy natives and their linguistics, the delightfully funny chubby native gal, and of course poor sad Bela picking up his check. And you can't have a crappy mid-20th century horror or horror-comedy film without a moth-eaten gorilla suit on the scene. Don't expect anything at all and you should get a few laughs out of this…

★★ · Ick · katpooh9 · 2009-12-02

I watched this all the way through only because I like Bela Lugosi. The "comic" character Sammy was not funny. He was annoying and irritating. Any actual funny scenes were sparse. I have a sense of humor and I laughed only twice. If you want to see two real comics, a jungle princess and a gorilla, 'The Road To Bali' is a heck of a lot better.

★★ · Worth seeing for Lugosi -- and the surprise ending · stingrayfilms · 2010-10-31

If anything, this is another testament to Lugosi's professionalism. No matter how lousy the film, he always gave a good performance. Mitchell & Petrillo were a poor man's Martin & Lewis. (Very poor.) Lewis was grating enough, but Petrillo is unbearable. And Mitchell is no Dean Martin (he sounds like Tony Curtis). Huntz Hall visited Lugosi on the set and asked what he thought of Mitchell & Petrillo. Lugosi answered: "They're scum".

★★ · No worse than a lot of 50s television · tbragg · 2015-02-10

Watch any variety show from the era and you'll see hammy, stupid and politically incorrect crapola like this. Not particularly funny and loaded with cliches, but kind of a fascinating look at some gutbucket 50s "entertainment." It's easy to imagine these two guys hamming it up in mob-owned Vegas.

★ · The End.... · doowopbob · 2010-03-03

This Is Awful..Petrillo Is More Than Annoying, He's Asnine..!..Jerry Lewis Sued Them..Exit Those Two Quick Buck Morons..!..But Then Again I Found Lewis Annoying & Condesending..France Can Have Him..!..Give Me Keaton, Laurel & Hardy & Abbott And Costello Anytime..Chaplin..?..Ehh..I'll Give You City Lights..Best Thing He Ever Did..!