The Ape

Year: 1940

Runtime: 62 mins

Language: English

Director: William Nigh

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Kind-hearted Dr. Bernard Adrian works on an experimental serum to cure a young woman's polio, requiring human spinal fluid for the final formula. At the same time a ferocious circus ape escapes its cage and begins terrorizing the town. As fear spreads, the doctor wonders whether the ape’s rampage and his research might be linked.

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