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Mighty Joe Young

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)

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Reviews Counted: 102

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Rotten:35

Average Rating: 5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: The King Kong legend is kept alive by a little girl who brings back a pet gorilla from Africa. In true Kong tradition, it grows to an enormous size and later terrorizes the city.

Starring: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Douglas Fowley

Starring: Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Douglas Fowley, Paul Guilfoyle, Nestor Paiva, Regis Toomey

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer: John Ford, Merian C. Cooper

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Nov 22, 2005

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  • The story of a woman who is lured away from her peaceful farm in Africa to bring a 15-foot-tall gorilla she has tamed to an animal preserve in the U.S. to keep him safe from poachers. But the ape eventually escapes and rampages through L.A., and she and a zoologist must rush to save him from the authorities.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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