The Gorilla (1939)

Directors

Allan Dwan

Cast

Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz

The story

When wealthy businessman Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill) receives a death threat from a mysterious killer known as "the Gorilla", he hires the bumbling Ritz Brothers, a team of inept private detectives, to protect him. As a violent storm rolls in and power outages darken his mansion, a real escaped gorilla begins to terrorize the household. Amid the chaos, suspicious characters emerge — including the creepy butler Peters (Bela Lugosi) and a nervous maid (Patsy Kelly) — leaving everyone to wonder whether the threat is a human murderer or something far more beastly.

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