Friday, May 27, 2011

Gorilla at Large (1954)


Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Harmon Jones
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Raymond Burr is the owner of a carnival that features a gorilla act. Anne Bancroft is the sexy trapeze artist that swings over the gorilla's cage. When bodies start turning up, the gorilla is the prime suspect. Lee J. Cobb is a cigar chomping police detective. Carnival setting (actually "The Pike" amusement park in Long Beach, CA, featuring the Cyclone Racer rollercoaster) and eye-popping Technicolor elevate this above the usual man-in-a-gorilla-suit flick. Originally shown in 3D.


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