King Kong
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Release Date
March 15, 1933Runtime
104 minDirected by
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Doran Cox, Walter Daniels, Ivan Thomas, Betty GoodeWritten by
Leon GordonScreenplay by
James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth RoseStory by
Merian C. Cooper, Edgar WallaceLanguage
EnglishBudget
$672,000Revenue
$10,000,000Status
ReleasedCast
Robert Armstrong
Carl DenhamFay Wray
Ann DarrowBruce Cabot
Jack DriscollFrank Reicher
Captain EnglehornVictor Wong
Ship's Cook CharlieJames Flavin
Mate BriggsSam Hardy
Charles WestonNoble Johnson
Skull Island Native ChiefSteve Clemente
Skull Island Witch DoctorRoscoe Ates
Press Photographer (uncredited)Merian C. Cooper
Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)Paul Porcasi
Apple Vendor (uncredited)Ernest B. Schoedsack
Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)Harry Strang
Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)Bill Williams
Theatre Usher (uncredited)Dick Curtis
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Reginald Barlow
Ship's Engineer (uncredited)James Dime
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Charlie Hall
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Allen Jenkins
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)George Magrill
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)John Northpole
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Jack Perry
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Harry Tenbrook
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Sailor Vincent
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Blackie Whiteford
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Dorothy Gulliver
New York TheatergoerSandra Shaw
Woman Who Screams From Hotel WindowLouise Emmons
Old Woman in Line at MissionEverett Brown
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