The Gorilla

5/26/19391h 8m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A Ritz is afraid of nothing ... but ... THIS ... IS ... SOMETHING! ~

Overview:

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.

Director:

Allan Dwan

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

gorilla
detective
slapstick comedy
mansion
ape
private detective
ape man
comedy troupe

Cast

Jimmy Ritz

~ as ~

Garrity - a Ritz Brother

Harry Ritz

~ as ~

Harrigan - a Ritz Brother

Al Ritz

~ as ~

Mulligan - a Ritz Brother

Anita Louise

~ as ~

Norma Denby

Patsy Kelly

~ as ~

Kitty - the Maid

Lionel Atwill

~ as ~

Walter Stevens

Bela Lugosi

~ as ~

Peters - the Butler

Joseph Calleia

~ as ~

Stranger

Edward Norris

~ as ~

Jack Marsden

Wally Vernon

~ as ~

Seaman

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
4
Lionel Atwill is the wealthy "Walter Stephens" whose life has been threatened by the sinister "Gorilla". To thwart this, he engages the services of the "Defective Detectives" (Jimmy, Harry & Al Ritz) and what ensues is a slapstick horror movie with a man in a gorilla suit (or, could it be an actual ape?) and some pretty corny set piece comedy sketches strung together around Atwill and a rather under-used Bela Lugosi ("Peters"). Much of the plot is just gibberish, but the detectives have a good time, and that brings a limited amount of charm as they haplessly go about their deducing - and it isn't horrible to watch, but it's pretty cringe-making at times and 80 years after it was made is nigh on unwatchable for anything other than a kindly nod to pre-war comic cinema.

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