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An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
Martha Vickers
- Dorothy Colman
- (as Martha MacVicar)
Fred Aldrich
- Roustabout
- (uncredited)
Clyde Beatty
- Fred Mason (in long shots)
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Turhan Bey
- End Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
- Dock Spectator
- (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan
- Cheela the Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Russell Custer
- Curley
- (uncredited)
Fern Emmett
- Beth's Murdered Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Virginia Engels
- Trapeze Artist
- (uncredited)
Alexander Gill
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMilburn Stone, generally used by Universal as a supporting player, played the lead because his wiry frame and naturally curly hair matched the archival shots of Clyde Beatty used as Fred Mason, Stone's character.
- GoofsThe same shot of two lions fighting in a circus cage that is used about 12 minutes into the film is re-utilized near the end of the film during the storm sequence.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Dockworker: Clear the dock! Clear the dock!
- ConnectionsEdited from The Big Cage (1933)
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A rare chance for Milburn Stone to play the lead...
...in this ludicrous horror tale from Universal and its unlikely director Edward Dmytryk. Among the animals that trainer Fred Mason (Milburn Stone) returns with from Africa is a gorilla with human traits who is also very affectionate. "Brilliant" scientist Dr. Sigmund Walters (John Carradine) conducts glandular experiments on this gorilla and transforms it into a human woman who he names Paula Dupree (Acquanetta). Paula shows a talent for working with animals, so she gets a job as part of the animal taming act of Fred Mason. However, when Paula becomes jealous of Fred's romance with Beth (Evelyn Ankers), it causes her animal side to reemerge. Complications ensue.
I'd seen this once when I was a kid, but decided to rewatch it, and I didn't remember much from it. Carradine is good as the mad doctor, resisting the urge to play it too big. I hadn't recalled Milburn Stone being the hero in this, but I read that he was cast due to his similar build to noted animal tamer Clyde Beatty, whose earlier film The Big Cage provided much stock footage. This movie spends a bit too much time with the animal circus act, and not nearly enough with Carradine's crazy experiments, or with the transformed Paula.
I'd seen this once when I was a kid, but decided to rewatch it, and I didn't remember much from it. Carradine is good as the mad doctor, resisting the urge to play it too big. I hadn't recalled Milburn Stone being the hero in this, but I read that he was cast due to his similar build to noted animal tamer Clyde Beatty, whose earlier film The Big Cage provided much stock footage. This movie spends a bit too much time with the animal circus act, and not nearly enough with Carradine's crazy experiments, or with the transformed Paula.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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