King Kong (1933)

Writers:

James Ashmore Creelman (screenplay) and
Ruth Rose (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

7 April 1933 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!

Plot:

A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Gorilla | Beast | Rescue | Love

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Fay Wray	...	Ann Darrow
Robert Armstrong	...	Carl Denham
Bruce Cabot	...	John Driscoll
Frank Reicher	...	Captain Englehorn
Sam Hardy	...	Charles Weston
Noble Johnson	...	Native Chief
Steve Clemente	...	Witch King (as Steve Clemento)
James Flavin	...	Second Mate Briggs
King Kong	...	King Kong
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Ackerman	...	Reporter (uncredited)
James Adamson	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Van Alder	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Ed Allen	...	Native (uncredited)
Etta Mae Allen	...	Native (uncredited)
Frank Angel	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Roscoe Ates	...	Press Photographer (uncredited)
Ralph Bard	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow	...	Ship's Engineer (uncredited)
Leo Beard	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Fred Behrle	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jack Best	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Johnnie Bland	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Eddie Boland	...	Reporter / Cameraman (uncredited)
Harry Bowen	...	Reporter (uncredited)
John Brakins	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Lynton Brent	...	Reporter / Cameraman (uncredited)
Roy Brent	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Everett Brown	...	Native in Ape Costume (uncredited)
Betty Burns	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Barney Capehart	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Jack Chapin	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Claremont	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Edward Clark	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
John Collins	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Odel Conley	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Onest Conley	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Merian C. Cooper	...	Pilot of Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited)
Harry Cornbleth	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Kathryn Curry	...	Native (uncredited)
Nathan Curry	...	Native (uncredited)
Dick Curtis	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Bill Dagwell	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
George Daly	...	Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Vivian Dandridge	...	Native Child (uncredited)
John Davis	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Joe Dill	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
James Dime	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Fanny Donahue	...	Native (uncredited)
Jean Doran	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Walter Downing	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Florence Dudley	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Tex Duffy	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
William Dunn	...	Native (uncredited)
William Duran	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Peter Duray	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Duval	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Earl Dwire	...	New York Theatregoer (uncredited)
Ralph Easton	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Oliver Eckhardt	...	New York Theatregoer (uncredited)
Louise Emmons	...	Old Woman in Line at Mission (uncredited)
Shorty English	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Frank Fanning	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Jean Fenwick	...	New Yorker (uncredited)
Bill Fisher	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Larry Fisher	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Art Flavin	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Joe Flourney	...	Native (uncredited)
Betty Gale	...	New Yorker (uncredited)
Jack Gallagher	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Bob Galloway	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Evelyn Garrison	...	Native (uncredited)
Harold Garrison	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Frank Gerritty	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
June Gittelson	...	Fat Woman (uncredited)
Arnold Gray	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Duke Green	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Lawrence Green	...	Native (uncredited)
Dorothy Gulliver	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Charlie Hall	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Pat Harmon	...	Gunman (uncredited)
James Harrison	...	Cameraman (uncredited)
Eddie Hart	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lew Harvey	...	Gunman (uncredited)
Etta Mae Henry	...	Native (uncredited)
Irene Henry	...	Baby (uncredited)
Tex Higginson	...	Member of Ship's Crew / Assistant Director / Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Earl 'Hap' Hogan	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Wesley Hopper	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Hazel Howell	...	New Yorker (uncredited)
Clifford Ingram	...	Warrior (uncredited)
T.C. Jack	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jimmy James	...	Member of Ship's Crew / Assistant Director (uncredited)
Annie L. Johnson	...	Native (uncredited)
John L. Johnson	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Harry Keaton	...	Ballyhooer (uncredited)
Walter Kimpton	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Walter Kirby	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Al Knight	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Walter Knox	...	Native (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw	...	First Mate (uncredited)
Sam Levine	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Vera Lewis	...	New York Theatregoer (uncredited)
Timothy J. Lonergan	...	Police Officer / Usher (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie	...	Police Captain (uncredited)
George Magrill	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Joe Smith Marba	...	Elevated Train Motorman (uncredited)
Rena Marlowe	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Sam Marlowe	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Mae Marrin	...	Ballyhooer (uncredited)
Henry Martin	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Buddy Mason	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
LeRoy Mason	...	New York Theatregoer (uncredited)
Richie McCarew	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Etta McDaniel	...	Native (uncredited)
Al McDonald	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Larry McGrath	...	Ballyhooer (uncredited)
Frank Meredith	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Dusty Mitchell	...	Pilot (uncredited)
King Mojave	...	Ballyhooer (uncredited)
Carlotta Monti	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Harry Mount	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Almeta Muse	...	Native (uncredited)
Alice Nichols	...	Native (uncredited)
Nim Nixon	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
John Northpole	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Skeets Noyes	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
G. Raymond Nye	...	Police Captain (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn	...	Reporter / Cameraman (uncredited)
Tom O'Grady	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Bert O'Malley	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Charles O'Malley	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Patrick	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Jack Perry	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Nathan Perry	...	Native (uncredited)
Lee Phelps	...	Cameraman (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy	...	Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi	...	Apple Vendor (uncredited)
Mahlon Potts	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Malcon Potts	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Russ Powell	...	Watchman (uncredited)
A.J. Prather	...	Native (uncredited)
Jack Pratt	...	Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Tom Quinn	...	Reporter (uncredited)
T.J. Rankin	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Eddy Reed	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Gus Robinson	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Ed Rochelle	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Russ Rogers	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Jack Saunders	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Russell Saunders	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Syd Saylor	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack	...	Machine-Gunner on Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited)
Charles Sewell	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Floyd Shackelford	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Sandra Shaw	...	Hotel Woman Dropped by Kong (uncredited)
Tony Shelly	...	Native (uncredited)
Gay Sheridan	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Milton Shockley	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Jack Silver	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jack Smith	...	Reporter (uncredited)
William Solder	...	Native (uncredited)
Katherine Sparks	...	Native (uncredited)
Hugh Starkey	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Larry Steers	...	New York Theatregoer (uncredited)
Edward Stevens	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Roy Stewart	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Strang	...	Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)
Eddie Sturgis	...	Ballyhooer (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan	...	Native (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Gertrude Sutton	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Tobias Tally	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Walter Taylor	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Ivan Thomas	...	Conductor (uncredited)
Roy Thompson	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Earl Turman	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Ray Turner	...	Native (uncredited)
William Van Vleck	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Monte Vandergrift	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
John Wade	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Kid Wagner	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Harry Walker	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Wade Walker	...	Native (uncredited)
H.R. Warwick	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Blue Washington	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Charles Washington	...	Warrior (uncredited)
George Washington	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Hannah Washington	...	Native Child (uncredited)
Jack West	...	Native (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford	...	Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Bill Williams	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Geneva Williams	...	Native (uncredited)
Ivory Williams	...	Warrior (uncredited)
Victor Wong	...	Charlie the Chinese Cook (uncredited)
Eric Wood	...	Pilot (uncredited)
Helen Worthington	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)
Lillian Young	...	New York Theatergoer (uncredited)

Directed by
Merian C. Cooper		(uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack		(uncredited)

Writing credits
James Ashmore Creelman		(screenplay) (as James Creelman) and
Ruth Rose		(screenplay)
Merian C. Cooper		(from an idea conceived by) and
Edgar Wallace		(from an idea conceived by)
Merian C. Cooper		story (uncredited)
Leon Gordon		contributing writer (uncredited)
Edgar Wallace		story (uncredited)

Produced by
David O. Selznick	....	executive producer
Merian C. Cooper	....	producer (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Max Steiner

Cinematography by
Edward Linden		(photographed by) (as Eddie Linden)
J.O. Taylor		(photographed by)
Vernon L. Walker		(photographed by) (as Vernon Walker)
Kenneth Peach		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Ted Cheesman

Production Design by
Carroll Clark		(uncredited)

Art Direction by
Carroll Clark		(uncredited)
Alfred Herman		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Carroll Clark		(settings)
Alfred Herman		(settings) (as Al Herman)
Thomas Little		(uncredited)
Ray Moyer		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett		(uncredited)

Makeup Department
Mel Berns	....	makeup supervisor (uncredited)
Dot Carlson	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Dotha Hippe	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sam Kaufman	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Doran Cox	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Walter Daniels	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Ivan Thomas	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Byron L. Crabbe	....	art technician
Mario Larrinaga	....	art technician
John Cerisoli	....	sculptor (uncredited)
George Gabe	....	property master (uncredited)
Van Nest Polglase	....	supervising art director (uncredited)
Ernest Smythe	....	additional storyboard artist (uncredited)
Peter Stitch	....	painting technician (uncredited)
W.G. White	....	construction technician (uncredited)

Sound Department
Murray Spivack	....	sound effects
Earl A. Wolcott	....	recordist
Walter Elliott	....	sound effects associate (uncredited)
Eddie Harman	....	sound recordist (uncredited)
Clem Portman	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Murray Spivack	....	sound designer (uncredited)
Harold E. Stine	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Richard Van Hessen	....	boom operator: visual effects unit (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Harry Redmond Jr.	....	special effects (uncredited)
Harry Redmond Sr.	....	special effects (uncredited)
Frank D. Williams	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Byron L. Crabbe	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Byron L. Crabbe	....	matte technician (uncredited)
Marcel Delgado	....	model maker (uncredited)
Marcel Delgado	....	technician (uncredited)
Linwood G. Dunn	....	optical photographer (uncredited)
C. Dodge Dunning	....	visual effects supervisor: Dunning process (uncredited)
Carroll H. Dunning	....	visual effects supervisor: Dunning process (uncredited)
Buzz Gibson	....	technician (uncredited)
Orville Goldner	....	technician (uncredited)
Henri Hillinck	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Mario Larrinaga	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Mario Larrinaga	....	matte technician (uncredited)
Willis H. O'Brien	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Fred Reese	....	technician (uncredited)
Carroll L. Shepphird	....	technician (uncredited)
Clifford Stine	....	special effects cameraman (uncredited)
Bud Thackery	....	process photography (uncredited)
William Ulm	....	optical photographer (uncredited)
Vernon L. Walker	....	visual effects cinematographer (uncredited)
Frank Williams	....	matte supervisor (uncredited)

Stunts
Marcella Allen	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Frank Cullen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dorothy Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Dill	....	stunts (uncredited)
Aline Goodwin	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Duke Green	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tex Higginson	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Jimmy James	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Jimmy James	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lillian Jones	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Leonore Kinney	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Mike Lally	....	stunt double: Robert Armstrong (uncredited)
Mike Lally	....	stunts (uncredited)
Judy Malcolm	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Buddy Mason	....	stunt double: Robert Armstrong (uncredited)
Cherie May	....	stunt double: Fay Wray (uncredited)
Al McDonald	....	stunt double: Bruce Cabot (uncredited)
Harvey Parry	....	stunt driver: car crashes (uncredited)
Gil Perkins	....	stunt double: Bruce Cabot (uncredited)
Allen Pomeroy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Russell Saunders	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan	....	stunt double: Robert Armstrong (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent	....	stunts (uncredited)
Harry Wagner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pauline Wagner	....	stunt double: for Fay Wray on edge of Empire State Building (uncredited)
Charles Watt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Williams	....	stunt double: Robert Armstrong (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ernest Bachrach	....	still photographer (uncredited)
William H. Clothier	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Lee Davis	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Guy Gilman	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Edward Henderson	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Alexander Kahle	....	still photographer (uncredited)
George Marquenie	....	best boy (uncredited)
Sam Redding	....	key grip (uncredited)
William Reinhold	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Clifford Stine	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Bert Willis	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)
Stacy Woodard	....	director of photography: inserts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ethel Beach	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Tommy Clark	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Bernhard Kaun	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Steiner	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Walter Daniels	....	production assistant
Marcel Delgado	....	technical staff
Buzz Gibson	....	technical staff (as E.B. Gibson)
Orville Goldner	....	technical staff
Archie Marshek	....	production assistant (as Archie F. Marshek)
Willis H. O'Brien	....	chief technician
Fred Reese	....	technical staff
Carroll L. Shepphird	....	technical staff (as Carroll Shepphird)
Betty Collins	....	double (uncredited)
Chick Collins	....	double (uncredited)
Sam Cummings	....	double (uncredited)
C. Dodge Dunning	....	dunning process supervisor (uncredited)
Carroll H. Dunning	....	dunning process supervisor (uncredited)
Betty Goode	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Mike Graves	....	double (uncredited)
Edith Haskins	....	double (uncredited)
Jack Holbrook	....	double (uncredited)
Billy Jones	....	double (uncredited)
Duke Krantz	....	pilot (uncredited)
J.W. Lytle	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Horace McCoy	....	script assistant (uncredited)
Frances Mills	....	double (uncredited)
O.A. Patterson	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Zoe Porter	....	assistant: Mr. Cooper (uncredited)
Harry Raven	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Bob Rose	....	double (uncredited)
Loretta Rush	....	double (uncredited)
Sidney Saunders	....	rear projection process (uncredited)
John Sinclair	....	double (uncredited)
George Weiss	....	pilot (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures (presents) (A Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack Production)

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1933) (USA) (theatrical) (as A Radio Picture)
• Compagnie Universelle Cinématographique (CUC) (1933) (France) (theatrical)
• Adams Filmi (1934) (Finland) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1938) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1957) (USA) (TV)
• Kove-Filmi (1962) (Finland) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Nostalgia Merchant, The (1987) (USA) (VHS)
• Castle Video (1989) (Finland) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Image Entertainment (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Turner Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Turner Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Future Film (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Turner Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Turner Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• RKO (1933) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Continental Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Continental Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Continental Video S.A. (????) (Spain) (DVD) (colorized)
• Criterion Collection, The (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Janus Films
• Pan Vision Oy (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sanford Productions (II)
• Turner Classic Movies (TCM) ((????)) (USA) (TV)
• Turner Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• VidAmerica (1980s) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Pacific Title and Art Studio  titles (uncredited)
• Western Costume Company  costumes supplied by (uncredited)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

100 min | 104 min (restored version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Norway:11 | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (video rating) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (cut) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Denmark:15 | USA:Approved (certificate not issued at release) | USA:Not Rated (video release) | Brazil:Livre | Finland:(Banned) (1933) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1933) (cut) | South Korea:12 (2003) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Norway:16 (1934) | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

When talking about the wall, Driscoll mentions being at "Angkor once". He was referring to Angkor Wat, a huge Cambodian temple complex built in the 12th century.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the middle of Kong's battle with the T-Rex, the tree on which Ann Darrow sits falls to the ground. While this occurs, the stop-motion animation of the two fighting monsters ceases completely and visibly before the end of the wide shot of the falling tree.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Charles Weston:Say, is this the moving picture ship?
Watchman:The Venture? Yeah. Are you going on this crazy voyage?
Charles Weston:What's crazy about it?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: Never Ape an Ape Man (#1.7)" (1969)

Soundtrack:

St. Louis Blues

Holy Mackerel, what a show!

I could never tire of this movie, i've seen it so many times and always watch it when it's on tv-in fact i watched it just a week ago! It's one of those films that is rewatchable countless times, like many other 'monster' movies. But this is the best 'monster' movie , it is so well made-it is a masterpiece. Everything is right-the effects,the photography,the score,pacing,continuity. My favourite part would be the big middle chunk on the island. Ann captured-natives dance-a sacrifice to kong-rescue mission-defeat of stegasoraus-swamp adventure-swamp escape-log catastrophe-trex battle-snake creature fight-pterydactil disposal-rescue/escape-kong wrecks village-gas bomb. There is almost no let up in the action in this sequence. I have seen two versions of the film though. One was cut, the other wasn't. Some scenes that were cut: kong pulls a native out of his hut and stomps him into the mud. Brilliant. Also the bits when kong chews a native, and when he chews on a new yorker. And when he throws a woman down from a scraper into the street. Needless cutting in my book. A lot of people complain about the acting. The acting is swell. Robert Armstrong is perfect as the over enthusiastic director who is completely responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent people but has absolutely no scruples about it. He provides the silent chuckles of the movie e.g my one line summary is actually what denham says when he sees the savages and their dancing. And Bruce Cabot to Fay Wray: ' hey, i guess i love you!' in a moment of clarity. Overall a smashing film with a great climax. And kong is supposed to have the hots for fay wray too when he plays with her and her clothes