White Pongo (1945)
1945 · Feature film · 71 min · dir. Sam Newfield
A Half-Human Monster Stalks The Jungle!
- Adventure
- Horror
Synopsis
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Sam Newfield
- Writer
- Raymond L. Schrock
- Composer
- Leo Erdody
- Cinematography
- Jack Greenhalgh
- Studio
- Sigmund Neufeld Productions
- Released
- 1945-11-02
- Running time
- 71 minutes
Cast & crew
Sam Newfield Director
Richard Fraser
Maris Wrixon
Lionel Royce- Al Eben
Gordon Richards- Michael Dyne
George Lloyd
Larry Steers
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · it's alright · flapfrog · 2007-10-12
this movie made me fall asleeep.
★★ · Holy evolution, Batman!! · picfixer · 2010-02-02
I was expecting this one to be ultra-low-budget, so-bad-it's-good schlock. So it was a surprise to find it's a real movie with a fairly large cast and at least a hundred extras. The canoe rentals alone must have cost a fortune. Does this mean it's good? Well, no. It's a none-too-exciting jungle yarn with Nazi agents tossed into the tepid mix, not to mention it's based in a complete misunderstanding of Charles Darwin's work. But worst of all, the poor guy in the white gorilla suit doesn't even get to pound his chest in earnest until the last five minutes. And I had such low hopes. (sigh)
