The Gorilla (1939)
1939 · Feature film · 65 min · dir. Allan Dwan
A Ritz is afraid of nothing ... but ... THIS ... IS ... SOMETHING!
- Crime
- comedy horror film
Synopsis
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Allan Dwan
- Writer
- Rian James
- Cinematography
- Edward Cronjager
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Released
- 1939-05-26
- Running time
- 65 minutes
Cast & crew
Allan Dwan Director- Harold Ritz
Jimmy Ritz
Albert Ritz
Wally Vernon
Edward Norris
Paul Harvey
Joseph Calleia
Lionel Atwill
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Bela the bad · ubang · 2012-08-02
Movie is great fun for the 'light in heart'. You must see Bela perform a Tsukuri, Kake on one of the Ritz brothers. It actually cracks me up every time I see it.
★★★★ · Going Ape · picfixer · 2010-02-07
The B-feature credo of the '30s and '40s seems to have been, when all else fails put a guy in a gorilla suit. I love it! This is one of the seemingly endless number of "Old Dark House" mysteries, many of which were comedies. Don't expect Agatha Christi. Instead this one has Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, the Ritz Brothers and a guy in a gorilla suit, plus more secret panels than you can shake a banana at. Lugosi and the Ritz Brothers (the Three Stooges minus eye poking and nose twisting) are fun. Patsy Kelly adds her incredibly loud mouth to the mayhem. Hidden in all the high jinx and one-liners…
