Movie
The Ape
Released: September 30, 1940 (1940)
Runtime: 62 minutes
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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?
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Harry C. Bradley as Quinn
Age at release: 71
- Gertrude Hoffmann as Jane the Housekeeper
Age at release: 69
- Henry Hall as Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Age at release: 63
- Jessie Arnold as Mrs. Brill
Age at release: 55
- Boris Karloff as Dr. Bernard Adrian
Age at release: 52
- Selmer Jackson as Dr. McNulty
Age at release: 52
- Dorothy Vaughan as Mother Clifford
Age at release: 49
- Billy Bletcher as Short Mustached Posse Man
Age at release: 46
- Gene O'Donnell as Danny Foster
Age at release: 29
- Maris Wrixon as Frances Clifford
Age at release: 23
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- Gibson Gowland as Posse Member
Age at release: 63
- Julia Griffith as Townswoman
Age at release: 60
- George Cleveland as Mr. Howley
Age at release: 55
- Jack Kennedy as Dep. Archie Tomlin
Age at release: 52
- Donald Kerr as Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
Age at release: 49
- Philo McCullough as Henry Mason
Age at release: 47
- Minerva Urecal as Townswoman
Age at release: 46
- I. Stanford Jolley as Ape Trainer
Age at release: 39
- Ray Corrigan as Nabu
Age at release: 38
- Mary Field as Mrs. Mason
Age at release: 31
- Buddy Swan as Willie Brill
Age at release: 10
- Pauline Drake as Young Girl
Age at release: Unknown