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How Long Is “The Gorilla”?

Name: The Gorilla
Genre: Horror, adaptation, comedy
Released: 1939-05-26
Duration: 66 min
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Anita Louise, Lionel Atwill, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz

1h 6m runtime

19391h 6mHorror • adaptation • comedy

Horror film with a runtime of 66 minutes, released in 1939. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 6m

Minutes66

One SittingYes

With Break1h 18m

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When Fox bought the rights to Ralph Spence's warhorse stage mystery-comedy The Gorilla for the Ritz Brothers, they walked out en masse, refusing to work on the picture until their contracts were renegotiated and the script heavily rewritten. The finished product features an escaped circus gorilla apparently perpetrating a series of murders. Imperiled lawyer Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) may well be the next victim, so he summons detectives Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan (Jimmy, Harry and Al Ritz) to provide protection. It turns out that (a) the murderer is human rather than simian, (b) Stevens is hardly a paragon of virtue, and (c) the person really in danger is young heiress Norma Denby (Anita Louise). Long unavailable for reappraisal, The Gorilla resurfaced on the public-domain market in 1976.

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 6m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 18m

Movie Facts

Release DateMay 26, 1939

Runtime1h 6m

LanguageEnglish

GenresHorror, adaptation, comedy

DirectorAllan Dwan

ProducerHarry Joe Brown, Darryl F. Zanuck

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