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Cast
Robert Armstrong | As: Carl Denham | |
Fay Wray | As: Ann Darrow | |
Bruce Cabot | As: Jack Driscoll | |
Frank Reicher | As: Captain Englehorn | |
Victor Wong | As: Ship's Cook Charlie |
Storyline
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Tagline: | A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today! |
Certification: | NR |
Details
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Language: English
Release Date: 15 March 1933
Country: US
Runtime: 104m
Film Collections
Company Credits
Company: RKO Radio Pictures
Budget: $672,000
Revenue: $10,000,000
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Cast
Robert Armstrong |
Carl Denham |
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Fay Wray |
Ann Darrow |
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Bruce Cabot |
Jack Driscoll |
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Frank Reicher |
Captain Englehorn |
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Victor Wong |
Ship's Cook Charlie |
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James Flavin |
Mate Briggs |
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Sam Hardy |
Charles Weston |
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Noble Johnson |
Skull Island Native Chief |
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Steve Clemente |
Skull Island Witch Doctor |
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Roscoe Ates |
Press Photographer (uncredited) |
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Merian C. Cooper |
Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited) |
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Frances Curry |
Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (uncredited) |
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Paul Porcasi |
Apple Vendor (uncredited) |
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Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited) |
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Harry Strang |
Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited) |
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Bill Williams |
Theatre Usher (uncredited) |
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Dick Curtis |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Reginald Barlow |
Ship's Engineer (uncredited) |
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Roy Brent |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Edward Clark |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Harry Cornbleth |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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James Dime |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Charlie Hall |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Allen Jenkins |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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George Magrill |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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John Northpole |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Gil Perkins |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Jack Perry |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Harry Tenbrook |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Sailor Vincent |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Blackie Whiteford |
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) |
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Dorothy Gulliver |
New York Theatergoer |
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Carlotta Monti |
New York Theatergoer |
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Sandra Shaw |
Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window |
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Louise Emmons |
Old Woman in Line at Mission |
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Everett Brown |
Native in Ape Costume |
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Onest Conley |
Warrior (uncredited) |
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Odel Conley |
Warrior (uncredited) |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan |
Native Handmaiden (uncredited) |
Directed By
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Director |
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Merian C. Cooper |
Director |
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Betty Goode |
Script Supervisor |
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Walter Daniels |
Assistant Director |
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Doran Cox |
Assistant Director |
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Ivan Thomas |
Assistant Director |
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Writing Credits
Ruth Rose |
Screenplay |
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James Ashmore Creelman |
Screenplay |
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Merian C. Cooper |
Idea |
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Leon Gordon |
Writer |
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Edgar Wallace |
Idea |
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Edgar Wallace |
Story |
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Merian C. Cooper |
Story |
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Production Crew
Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Producer |
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Walter Daniels |
Producer |
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David O. Selznick |
Executive Producer |
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Merian C. Cooper |
Producer |
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Fred Schuessler |
Casting |
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Edited By
Ted Cheesman |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Mel Berns |
Makeup Supervisor |
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Walter Plunkett |
Costume Design |
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Dotha Hippe |
Hairstylist |
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Sam Kaufman |
Makeup Artist |
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Sound
Max Steiner |
Original Music Composer |
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Richard Van Hessen |
Boom Operator |
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Murray Spivack |
Sound Effects |
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Eddie Harman |
Sound Recordist |
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Murray Spivack |
Sound Designer |
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Clem Portman |
Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
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Harold E. Stine |
Boom Operator |
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Earl A. Wolcott |
Sound Recordist |
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Visual Effects
Willis H. O'Brien |
Visual Effects |
Camera
Kenneth Peach |
Director of Photography |
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Ernest B. Schoedsack |
Camera Operator |
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Vernon L. Walker |
Director of Photography |
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J.O. Taylor |
Director of Photography |
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Edward Linden |
Director of Photography |
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Ernest Bachrach |
Still Photographer |
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Sam Redding |
Key Grip |
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William H. Clothier |
First Assistant "B" Camera |
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Bert Willis |
First Assistant "A" Camera |
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Lighting
George Marquenie |
Best Boy Electric |
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Art Department
John Cerisoli |
Sculptor |
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Carroll Clark |
Art Direction |
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Alfred Herman |
Art Direction |
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Ernest Smythe |
Additional Storyboarding |
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Steve Rez |
Paint Coordinator |
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Van Nest Polglase |
Supervising Art Director |
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Carroll Clark |
Settings |
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Alfred Herman |
Settings |
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George Gabe |
Property Master |
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Thomas Little |
Set Decoration |
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Carroll Clark |
Production Design |
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Ray Moyer |
Set Decoration |
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Other Crew
Harry Redmond Sr. |
Special Effects |
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Harry Redmond Jr. |
Special Effects |
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Frank D. Williams |
Special Effects Technician |
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Marcella Allen |
Stunt Double |
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Lillian Jones |
Stunt Double |
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Pauline Wagner |
Stunt Double |
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Duke Krantz |
Pilot |
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Aline Goodwin |
Stunt Double |
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Cherie May |
Stunt Double |
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Judy Malcolm |
Stunt Double |
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Buddy Mason |
Stunt Double |
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