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The Monster and the Ape

  • 1945
  • Approved
  • 4h 55m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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Carole Mathews and Robert Lowery in The Monster and the Ape (1945)
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At the Bainbridge Research Foundation, Professor Franklin Arnold displays his creation the Metalogen Man, a robot, to Professor Ernst and three other colleagues. Shortly afterward, the three... Read allAt the Bainbridge Research Foundation, Professor Franklin Arnold displays his creation the Metalogen Man, a robot, to Professor Ernst and three other colleagues. Shortly afterward, the three associates are killed by Thor (Ray Corrigan, in his for-rent ape suit), a huge ape traine... Read allAt the Bainbridge Research Foundation, Professor Franklin Arnold displays his creation the Metalogen Man, a robot, to Professor Ernst and three other colleagues. Shortly afterward, the three associates are killed by Thor (Ray Corrigan, in his for-rent ape suit), a huge ape trained by Ernst, and Arnold, his daughter Babs and Ken Morgan, a representative of the company ... Read all

  • Director
    • Howard Bretherton
  • Writers
    • Royal K. Cole
    • Sherman L. Lowe
  • Stars
    • Robert Lowery
    • George Macready
    • Ralph Morgan
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    117
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    • Director
      • Howard Bretherton
    • Writers
      • Royal K. Cole
      • Sherman L. Lowe
    • Stars
      • Robert Lowery
      • George Macready
      • Ralph Morgan
    • 3User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robert Lowery
    Robert Lowery
    • Ken Morgan
    George Macready
    George Macready
    • Prof. Ernst
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • Professor Franklin Arnold
    Carole Mathews
    Carole Mathews
    • Babs Arnold
    Willie Best
    Willie Best
    • Flash
    Jack Ingram
    Jack Ingram
    • Dick Nordik
    Anthony Warde
    Anthony Warde
    • Joe Flint
    Ted Mapes
    Ted Mapes
    • Joe Butle
    Eddie Parker
    Eddie Parker
    • Blake
    Stanley Price
    Stanley Price
    • Mead…
    Charles King
    Charles King
    • First Cop with Thor [Ch. 10,11,13]…
    Kenneth MacDonald
    Kenneth MacDonald
    • Police Inspector Hamilton [Ch. 8,12]
    Bud Osborne
    Bud Osborne
    • Mason - Zoo Night Watchman [Ch. 3,8,10]
    Steve Benton
    • Police Officer
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Corrigan
    Ray Corrigan
    • Thor the Gorilla
    • (uncredited)
    Oliver Cross
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Dulce Day
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    George Eldredge
    George Eldredge
    • Professor Ames
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Howard Bretherton
    • Writers
      • Royal K. Cole
      • Sherman L. Lowe
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    frontrowkid2002

    carole mathews anecdote

    I used to correspond with Carole Mathews who plays Babs Arnold and she once told a cute story at one of the film festivals she attended. She had two nieces, who were probably 6 or 7 years old, when the serial was released in 1945. They came home from the Saturday matinée crying about how "Aunt Carole" was going to die. When their mother calmed them down, they told her that they have seen the chapter where Carole is tied to a chair and put on the conveyor belt leading to a roaring furnace. She told them that Aunt Carole was an actress and that it was just a movie. If I'm not mistaken, I think she even had them talk to Carole on the phone to convince that she was not in any real danger. Cute story considering the fact that an actress's young nieces would really believe what they saw on the screen
    9Hamlet6532

    Cannot miss the next episode

    When I was thirteen years old, I doted on this serial, waiting anxiously for Saturday afternoon to devour the next episode, and playing out the episodes with my friends. I am now 69,but I remember the excellent acting of Ralph Morgan and George Macready. The plot and adventures were fun. The monster is a robot. Macready is a king of crime who wants to use the robot for evil. The cliffhangers were mostly laughable cheats. In one episode you see a stunned Robert Lowery on a moving track go through the doors of a crematorium furnace. In the next, he jumps off before he gets to the doors. Aside from that, lots of fun.
    4deadwhy324

    Not one of the better serials

    Carole Arnold (Babs) just horrible in this! Choppy at best. Seemed to lose steam midway thru the series!

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    • Trivia
      Chapter titles: 1. The Mechanical Terror. 2. The Edge of Doom. 3. Flames of Fate. 4. The Fatal Search. 5. Rocks of Doom. 6. A Friend in Disguise. 7. A Scream in the Night. 8. Death in the Dark. 9. The Secret Tunnel. 10. Forty Thousand Volts. 11. The Mad Professor. 12. Shadows of Destiny. 13. The Gorilla at Large. 14. His Last Flight. 15. Justice Triumphs.
    • Goofs
      Chapter three: Ken crashes through the door wearing a hat. Once outside he has no hat.
    • Connections
      Featured in It Came from Hollywood (1982)

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1945 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Gorilla und seine Bande
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Runtime
      4 hours 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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