The Ape (1940)
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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Boris Karloff
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
Maris Wrixon
as Frances Clifford
as Frances Clifford
Gene O'Donnell
as Danny Foster
as Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan
as Mother Clifford
as Mother Clifford
Henry Hall
as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer Jackson
as Dr. McNulty
as Dr. McNulty
Gertrude Hoffmann
as Jane the Housekeeper
as Jane the Housekeeper
Jessie Arnold
as Mrs. Brill
as Mrs. Brill
Billy Bletcher
as Short Mustached Posse Man
as Short Mustached Posse Man
Harry C. Bradley
as Quinn
as Quinn
George Cleveland
as Mr. Howley
as Mr. Howley
Ray Corrigan
as Nabu
as Nabu
Pauline Drake
as Young Girl
as Young Girl
Mary Field
as Mrs. Mason
as Mrs. Mason
Gibson Gowland
as Posse Member
as Posse Member
Julia Griffith
as Townswoman
as Townswoman
I. Stanford Jolley
as Ape Trainer
as Ape Trainer
Stan Jolley
as Boy in Soda Shop
as Boy in Soda Shop
Jack Kennedy
as Dep. Archie Tomlin
as Dep. Archie Tomlin
Donald Kerr
as Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
as Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
Philo McCullough
as Henry Mason
as Henry Mason
Buddy Swan
as Willie Brill
as Willie Brill
Minerva Urecal
as Townswoman
as Townswoman
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Russell F. Schoengarth
Editor
Editor
William Nigh
Director
Director
Richard Carroll
Screenplay
Screenplay
Curt Siodmak
Screenplay
Screenplay
Curt Siodmak
Adaptation
Adaptation
Harry Neumann
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Charles J. Bigelow
Production Manager
Production Manager
William T. Lackey
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Edward J. Kay
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Gordon Bau
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Allen K. Wood
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Edward J. Kay
Music Director
Music Director
Karl Zint
Sound Recordist
Sound Recordist
Adam Shirk
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Theatre Play
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