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The Ape (1940) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1940 · 62 mins · English
- Directed by
- William Nigh
- Starring
- Billy Bletcher, Boris Karloff, Mary Field, Buddy Swan, Jack Kennedy, Selmer Jackson
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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