An adventure film about a film crew in search of a monster on a remote island. The crew finds King Kong and decides to take him back to New York as a money making spectacle. The film is a masterpiece of Stop-Motion in filmmaking history and inspired a line of King Kong films.
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Fay Wray | Ann Darrow |
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Robert Armstrong | Carl Denham |
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Bruce Cabot | Jack Driscoll |
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Frank Reicher | Capt. Englehorn |
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Sam Hardy | Charles Weston |
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Noble Johnson | Native Chief |
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Steve Clemente | Witch King |
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James Flavin | Second Mate Briggs |
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King Kong | The Eighth Wonder of the World |
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Walter Ackerman | Reporter |
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James Adamson | Native Child |
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Van Alder | Member of Ship's Crew |
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Ed Allen | Native |
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Etta Mae Allen | Native |
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Frank Angel | Reporter |
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Roscoe Ates | Press Photographer |
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Ralph Bard | Member of Ship's Crew |
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Reginald Barlow | Ship's Engineer |
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Leo Beard | Member of Ship's Crew |
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Fred Behrle | Member of Ship's Crew |
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Jack Best | Warrior |
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Johnnie Bland | Warrior |
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Eddie Boland | Reporter |
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Harry Bowen | Reporter |
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John Brakins | Warrior |
Director | Merian C. Cooper |
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Ernest B. Schoedsack |
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Writer | James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper, Edgar Wallace, Leon Gordon | |
Producer | Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, David O. Selznick | |
Musician | Max Steiner | |
Photography | Edward Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon L. Walker, Kenneth Peach |