King Kong Escapes [Blu-ray]

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr.

Overview

Rhodes Reason is the requisite Hollywood "name" actor in the Japanese-produced King Kong Escapes. While hacking through the jungle, expedition leader Nelson (Reason) and his companions are attacked by a dinosaur. They are rescued by King Kong, who since his traumatic experiences in New York has evidently changed his spots and become a lovable old Joe. Susan (Linda Miller), the prettiest member of Nelson's expedition, takes quite a liking to the big ape (Kong, not Nelson), and the feeling is reciprocated. The emphasis then shifts to dome-headed mad scientist Dr. Who (Eisei Amamoto), whose plans to take over the world include building a huge "Mechni-Kong," a robot designed to put the real Kong out of commission (if Amamoto sounds familiar to you, that's because his dialogue is dubbed by Paul Frees, the voice behind Boris Badenov). The climactic battle between the two Kongs is staged on a tinker-toy replica of Tokyo Tower -- hardly as imposing a structure as the Empire State Building, but consider what they're working with here. The Rhodes Reason/Linda Miller scenes were directed in Canada by Arthur Rankin Jr., the man responsible for the King Kong animated TV series of the late 1960s.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/01/2014
UPC:	0025192231629
Original Release:	1967
Rating:	G
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	17,618

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rhodes Reason	Commander Carl Nelson
Mie Hama	Madame Piranha (Madame X)
Linda Miller	Lieutenant Susan Watson,Susan
Akira Takarada	Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Eisei Amamoto	Dr. Who
Akira Ifukube	Composer

Technical Credits

Ishiro Honda

Kaoru Mabuchi

William J. Keenan

Takeshi Kimura

Ishiro Honda	Director,Screenwriter
Arthur Rankin Jr.	Director,Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka	Producer
Eiji Tsuburaya	Special Effects
Kaoru Mabuchi	Screenwriter
William J. Keenan	Screenwriter
Takeshi Kimura	Screenwriter
Glen Glenn	Sound/Sound Designer