The Ape [Blu-ray]

Director: William Nigh William Nigh

Overview

What begins as an honest effort at discovering a cure for polio, ends up becoming a frenzied quest costing innocent lives. When the good doctor Bernard Adrian (Boris Karloff) finds that the cure depends upon sizable amounts of serum found only in upper primate spinal columns, he goes a little overboard and kills an escaped circus ape and goes about murdering local folks to get the precious fluid. His mission is maddened because he has recently suffered the loss of his beloved daughter. Not one of Karloff's premier efforts, this one will probably please only his ardent admirers.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/2020
UPC:	0738329250683
Original Release:	1940
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:02:00
Sales rank:	32,971

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Tom Weaver; Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith; Trailers

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Boris Karloff	Dr. Bernard Adrian
Maris Wrixon	Miss Frances Clifford
Henry Hall	Sheriff Jeff Halliday
Gertrude Hoffman	Jane, Adrian's Housekeeper,Mrs. Clifford
Gene O'Donnell	Danny Foster
Dorothy Vaughan	Jane
Jack Kennedy	Tomlin
Jessie Arnold	Mrs. Brill
Selmer Jackson	Dr. McNulty,Actor
Billy Bletcher	Short Mustached Posse Man
Harry C. Bradley	Quinn
George Cleveland	Mr. Howley
Pauline Drake	Young Girl
Gibson Gowland	Posse Member
Julia Griffith	Townswoman
I. Stanford Jolley	Ape Trainer,Boy in Soda Shop
Donald Kerr	Citizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
Philo McCullough	Henry Mason
Buddy Swan	Willie Brill
Minerva Urecal	Townswoman
Henry Hull	Actor
Edward J. Kay	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Richard Carroll

Curt Siodmak

Scott R. Dunlap	Producer
William Nigh	Director
Richard Carroll	Screenwriter
William Lackey	Producer
Curt Siodmak	Screenwriter