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Mighty Joe Young

Merian Cooper's amazing adventure in the unusual!

1949 · NR · 1h 34m

Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack

6.4

TMDB audience score
128 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

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Cast

  • Terry Moore
    Jill Young

  • Ben Johnson
    Gregg Johnson

  • Robert Armstrong
    Max O'Hara

  • Frank McHugh
    Windy

  • Douglas Fowley
    Jones

  • Denis Greene
    Crawford

  • Paul Guilfoyle
    Smith

  • Nestor Paiva
    Brown

  • Regis Toomey
    John Young

  • Lora Lee Michel
    Jill (as a child)

  • James Flavin
    Schultz

  • Mary Field
    Secretary (uncredited)

  • Ellen Corby
    Orphanage matron (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers
    Nightclub patron (uncredited)

  • Iris Adrian
    Gloria (uncredited)

  • Jack Pennick
    Sam (uncredited)

  • Joyce Compton
    Alice (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger
    Jones (uncredited)