THE APE(1940)
In the sets: 100 Greatest Terror Classics;
Mad Scientist Theater
There are many skips in this! It distracts from
the film a lot! The basic story is about a doctor
who's determined to find a cure for polio, an ape
that has been mistreated in a circus by a very mean
trainer, and the trainer being beat up by said ape!
This is pretty short at 57:24! Not one of Karloff's
best! C+
From a reviewer from IMDb.com:
This is one of those lesser known Boris Karloff
films that is an underrated horror classic! Worth
watching if you enjoy the films concerning "a mad
scientist", older horror classics and/or Boris
Karloff.
Yes Karloff is finding a cure for polio in this
underrated classic - but is he really a "mad
scientist" or a man desperate to help humanity?
What does a circus, an ape, a mad scientist, a
woman with polio and murder have to do with each
other? If you are curious then I would recommend
you watching the Karloff film "The Ape".
The copy of this film I have is clear and I can
hear the movie quite well but it does jump around
a little bit. I would guess the film was not
preserved all that well but that has NOTHING to
do with the original film before the wear and
tear of time.
If you want a fairly decent copy of this film
like I have then I would recommend getting the
horror film pack called "Horror Classics 50 Movie
Pack Collection" (with Phantom of the Opera on
the cover). It's a fairly clean/decent copy although
their might be a better copy of this film floating
around out there that I am unaware of.
"The Ape" is a good old fashioned horror film
that I do recommend to others.
8.5/10 - Rainey-Dawn
Boris Karloff ... Dr. Bernard Adrian
Maris Wrixon ... Miss Frances Clifford
Gene O'Donnell ... Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan ... Mother Clifford
Gertrude Hoffman ... Jane - Adrian's Housekeeper (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)
Henry Hall ... Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer Jackson ... Dr. McNulty
Jessie Arnold ... Mrs. Brill (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher ... Short Mustached Posse Man (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley ... Quinn (uncredited)
George Cleveland ... Mr. Howley (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan ... Nabu the Gorilla (uncredited)
Pauline Drake ... Young Girl (uncredited)
Mary Field ... Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
Gibson Gowland ... Posse Member (uncredited)
Julia Griffith ... Townswoman (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley ... Ape Trainer (uncredited)
Stan Jolley ... Boy in Soda Shop (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy ... Dep. Archie Tomlin (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer (uncredited)
Philo McCullough ... Henry Mason (uncredited)
Buddy Swan ... Willie Brill (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal ... Townswoman (uncredited)
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