The Ape
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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?
Status: Released
Released Date: 1940-09-30
Runtime: 62 mins
Director: William Nigh
Spoken language: English
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Original title: The Ape
Production Companies: Monogram Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Boris Karloff
Maris Wrixon
Gene O'Donnell
Dorothy Vaughan
Henry Hall
Selmer Jackson
Gertrude Hoffmann
Jessie Arnold
Billy Bletcher
Harry C. Bradley
George Cleveland
Ray Corrigan
Pauline Drake
Mary Field
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