Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
Not for warmth, comfort or romance.
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Boris KarloffDr. Bernard Adrian
Maris WrixonFrances Clifford
Gene O'DonnellDanny Foster
Dorothy VaughanMother Clifford
Henry HallSheriff Jeff Halliday
Selmer JacksonDr. McNulty
Gertrude HoffmannJane the Housekeeper
Jessie ArnoldMrs. Brill
Billy BletcherShort Mustached Posse Man
Harry C. BradleyQuinn
George ClevelandMr. Howley
Ray CorriganNabu
Mary FieldMrs. Mason
Gibson GowlandPosse Member
Julia GriffithTownswoman
I. Stanford JolleyApe Trainer
Donald KerrCitizen Carrying Mauled Ape Trainer
Philo McCulloughHenry Mason
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GoodWatch score 73
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GoodWatch score 78
GoodWatch score 73
GoodWatch score 70
GoodWatch score 68
GoodWatch score 73September 30, 1940 · 1 h 2 min · NR
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In the United States, The Ape streams on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo, FlixFling, and Cultpix, and it is free with ads on Plex, Hoopla, FlixHouse, Filmzie, Public Domain Movies, Fawesome, Cineverse, Midnight Pulp, and Tubi TV. You can rent or buy it from FlixFling. It also streams in 137 other countries.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 39 (IMDb 4.7 and Rotten Tomatoes 43%). Critics rate it higher (43 out of 100) than audiences (31).
At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.
Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 4 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it drop-in friendly.
4.7
