"Jungle Beast or Man of Science?" 30 September 1940 Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery 62 mins
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
Maris Wrixon as Frances Clifford
Gene O'Donnell as Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan as Mother Clifford
Henry Hall as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer Jackson as Dr. McNulty
Gertrude Hoffmann as Jane the Housekeeper
Jessie Arnold as Mrs. Brill
Billy Bletcher as Short Mustached Posse Man
Harry C. Bradley as Quinn
George Cleveland as Mr. Howley
Ray Corrigan as Nabu
Pauline Drake as Young Girl
Mary Field as Mrs. Mason
Gibson Gowland as Posse Member
Julia Griffith as Townswoman
Curt Siodmak Adaptation
Curt Siodmak Screenplay
William Nigh Director
Richard Carroll Screenplay
Russell F. Schoengarth Editor
Harry Neumann Director of Photography
Charles J. Bigelow Production Manager
William T. Lackey Associate Producer
Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Edward J. Kay Original Music Composer
Edward J. Kay Music Director
Allen K. Wood Assistant Director
Karl Zint Sound Recordist
Adam Shirk Theatre Play
United States 30 September 1940
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