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Director:
Writer:
Robert Charles (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
17 July 1944 (USA) more
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Plot:
While on an Arctic expedition, two scientists find the frozen body of a prehistoric caveman. They bring him home to their laboratory... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Bela Lugosi ... Prof. Dexter
John Carradine ... Prof. John Gilmore
Frank Moran ... Ape Man
George Zucco ... Ape Man
Tod Andrews ... Steve Rogers (as Michael Ames)
Teala Loring ... Anne Gilmore (as Judith Gibson)
Mary Currier ... Hilda Gilmore
Eddy Chandler ... Police Sergeant (as Ed Chandler)
Ernie Adams ... Willie the Weasel
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Horace B. Carpenter ... Theater watchman
Mike Donovan ... Policeman
George Eldredge ... Patrolman on beat
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Germany:68 min | USA:60 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved | Canada:(Banned) (British Columbia) (1944)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Most of the "Arctic expedition" footage is taken from a 1926 Pathe two-reeler, Alaskan Adventures (1926). more
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Features Alaskan Adventures (1926) more

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Good Fun, 12 March 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Return of the Ape Man (1944)

*** (out of 4)

A scientist (Bela Lugosi) and his assistant (John Carradine) travel to the arctic, find the missing link, bring him home, thaw him out and then he goes on a rampage. Extremely cheap, but enjoyable Monogram film isn't Citizen Kane but it's not suppose to be. Lugosi and Carradine work well together and both men are good in their roles playing it straight. The actual ape man is rather silly and gets plenty of laughs but this just adds to the entertainment value. This hasn't been released to DVD yet but it's worth searching for.

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