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King Kong

Beauty conquered the beast!

1933 · 1h 40m

Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

7.6

TMDB audience score
1,695 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Robert Armstrong
    Carl Denham

  • Fay Wray
    Ann Darrow

  • Bruce Cabot
    Jack Driscoll

  • Frank Reicher
    Captain Englehorn

  • Victor Wong
    Ship's Cook Charlie

  • James Flavin
    Mate Briggs

  • Sam Hardy
    Charles Weston

  • Noble Johnson
    Skull Island Native Chief

  • Steve Clemente
    Skull Island Witch Doctor

  • Roscoe Ates
    Press Photographer (uncredited)

  • Merian C. Cooper
    Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

  • Frances Curry
    Intended Sacrificial Bride for 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)