Bride of the Gorilla

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A man (Burr) travels to Africa to manage a rubber plantation, where he finds a beautiful wife. A native woman uses voodoo on him and he is transformed into a gorilla. Chaney portrays a local cop on his trail.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Classics, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By:

Curt Siodmak
Written By:

Curt Siodmak
In Theaters:

Oct 1, 1951 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 29, 2005
Runtime:

66 minutes
Studio:

American Pop Classics

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Cast

Barbara Payton
as Mrs. Dina Van Gelder

Raymond Burr
as Barney Chavez

Creighton Chaney
as Taro

Lon Chaney Jr
as Police Commissioner Taro

Tom Conway
as Dr. Viet

Paul Cavanagh
as Klass Von Gelder

Gisela Werbiseck
as Al Long

Carol Varga
as Larina

Paul Maxey
as Van Heussen

Woody Strode
as Policeman

Martin Garralaga
as Native Man

Moyna MacGill
as Mrs. Van Heussen

Felippa Rock
as Van Heusen's Daughter

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Critic Reviews for Bride of the Gorilla

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...a magical film where the magic just didn't work.

Aug 4, 2006 | Rating: C | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Pure camp, a moral, and Raymond Burr... how can you go wrong?

May 24, 2005 | Full Review…

Staci Layne Wilson
StaciWilson.com

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Audience Reviews for Bride of the Gorilla

Not a bad movie for being filmed in 1951. After all it has Raymond Burr (Perry Mason, and Ironside), the beautiful Barbara Payton, and Lon Chaney. It was a change seing Chaney playing the simple part as a Police Commisner. After Burr helps his former Employer die, a jungle witch puts a curse on Burr who at night turns into a gorilla, (Chaney and The Wolfman). Of course in the end the Gorilla is killed but noot with silver bullets. My copy came from the Mill Creek Sci Fi 50 Movie Pack, its also in the Sons of Kong Collection. All in all its a good movie worth 3 3/4 Stars but not 4, so her on Flixster it gets a3 1/2 star rating.

Bruce Bruce

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A rubber-plantation manager (an young and surprisingly amoral Raymond Burr) lusts after the wife of his employer: murder, black magic, guilt and a strange creature terrorizing the jungle follow. Given the silly premise and sillier title, this is actually a fairly well-scripted and acted, though cheap, WOLFMAN ripoff that should just hold your attention for it's 66 minute running time. Lon Chaney, Jr. appears as a South American native, but doesn't even attempt a Spanish accent (?)

Greg S

Super Reviewer

A lame rip off of the Wolfman.