King Kong (1933)
Beauty conquered the beast!
100 min
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
- Release date
- April 7, 1933
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $672,000
- Box office
- $10,001,781
Trailer
Cast
- Fay Wray as Ann Darrow
- Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham
- Bruce Cabot as Jack Driscoll
- Frank Reicher as Capt. Englehorn
- Sam Hardy as Charles Weston
- Noble Johnson as Native Chief
- Steve Clemente as Witch King
- James Flavin as Second Mate Briggs
- Walter Ackerman as Reporter
- James Adamson as Native Child
Crew
- James Ashmore Creelman · Writer
- Ruth Rose · Writer
- Merian C. Cooper · Writer
- Edgar Wallace · Writer
- Merian C. Cooper · Producer
- Ernest B. Schoedsack · Producer
- Max Steiner · Composer
- Edward Linden · Cinematographer
- J.O. Taylor · Cinematographer
- Vernon L. Walker · Cinematographer
- Ted Cheesman · Editor