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The Gorilla (1927 film)

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United States

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The Gorilla (1927 film) movie poster

Language
  
Silent filmEnglish intertitles

Release date
  
November 13, 1927 (1927-11-13)

Based on
  
Writer
  
Al Boasberg (titles), Alfred A. Cohn (screenplay), Sidney Lazarus (titles), Harry McArthur (screenplay), Ralph Spence (play)

Tagline
  
Out of the underworld comes the Gorilla-strangler of men-kidnapper of women! In come Mulligan and Garrity, two famous detectives who hear all, see all and know nothing! Out go the lights-on go the thrills! Shrieks! Yells! Roars! Screams! More Shrieks!

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The Gorilla is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. The film stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey and Walter Pidgeon.

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The plot of the film revolves around a series of murders committed by a man in an ape suit. The film was remade with sound in 1930 (The Gorilla) and 1939 (The Gorilla).

It was an early production of Edward Small.

Cast

  • Charles Murray - Garrity
  • Fred Kelsey - Mulligan
  • Walter Pidgeon - Stevens
  • Brooks Benedict - Reporter
  • Syd Crossley - Butler
  • Alice Day - Alice Townsend
  • Claude Gillingwater - Cyrus Townsend
  • Gaston Glass - Marsden
  • John Gough - Sailor
  • Aggie Herring - Cook
  • Tully Marshall- William Townsend
  • References

    The Gorilla (1927 film) Wikipedia
    The Gorilla (1927 film) IMDb The Gorilla (1927 film) themoviedb.org


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