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About
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?
Theatrical
Sep 30, 1940
DVD / Blu-ray
Jun 4, 2002
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Monogram Pictures
Quotes
See all →The Watchful Eyes of Experience
Taglines
These cold eyes have watched a thousand men die screaming!
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A Dark Exploration of Human Nature
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He keeps human life in test tubes, and prowls at night in the skin of an ape!
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Cast
Full credits →B
Boris Karloff
Dr. Bernard Adrian
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Maris Wrixon
Frances Clifford
G
Gene O'Donnell
Danny Foster
D
Dorothy Vaughan
Mother Clifford
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Henry Hall
Sheriff Jeff Halliday
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Selmer Jackson
Dr. McNulty
G
Gertrude Hoffmann
Jane the Housekeeper
J
Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Brill
B
Billy Bletcher
Short Mustached Posse Man
H
Harry C. Bradley
Quinn
G
George Cleveland
Mr. Howley
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Ray Corrigan
Nabu
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Pauline Drake
Young Girl
M
Mary Field
Mrs. Mason
G
Gibson Gowland
Posse Member
J
Julia Griffith
Townswoman
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I. Stanford Jolley
Ape Trainer
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Stan Jolley
Boy in Soda Shop
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Jack Kennedy
Dep. Archie Tomlin
D
Donald Kerr
Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
