The Ape (1940)
Jungle Beast or Man of Science?
62 min
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?
- Release date
- September 30, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Bernard Adrian
- Maris Wrixon as Miss Frances Clifford
- Gene O'Donnell as Danny Foster
- Dorothy Vaughan as Mother Clifford
- Gertrude Hoffman as Jane - Adrian's Housekeeper
- Henry Hall as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
- Selmer Jackson as Dr. McNulty
- Jessie Arnold as Mrs. Brill
- Billy Bletcher as Short Mustached Posse Man
- Harry C. Bradley as Quinn
Crew
- William Nigh · Director
- Adam Shirk · Writer
- Curt Siodmak · Writer
- Richard Carroll · Writer
- Harry Neumann · Cinematographer
- Russell F. Schoengarth · Editor