Thursday, October 29, 2009

The Monster and the Girl (1941)


Paramount
Directed by Stuart Heisler
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Universal Vault Collection)

One of the more sympathetic man-in-a-gorilla-suit movies you will find. A man falsely convicted of a murder vows revenge on the district attorney and gang of hoodlums who framed him. Luckily, George Zucco needs his brain for an experimental transplant into a gorilla. He promptly escapes and carries out his revenge. It's a surprisingly melancholic gorilla, even his face has a permanent sad look etched into it, reminiscent of King Kong. Ellen Drew is good as the small town girl forced into a life of prostitution.

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