The White Gorilla (1945)

A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and natives, the white gorilla fights... See full summary »

Director:

Harry L. Fraser

Writer:

Harry L. Fraser (story)

Stars:

Ray Corrigan, Lorraine Miller, Harry Belmour

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Ray Corrigan	...	Steve Collins / Konga, the White Gorilla / Narrator
Lorraine Miller	...	Ruth Stacey

Storyline

A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. After troubling hunters and natives, the white gorilla fights the king of the black gorillas while we are told by a narrator that the fate of Africa hangs in the balance. The movie was made by editing some 1947 acting into footage from a 1927 silent serial, Perils of the Jungle, starring Frank Merrill the fifth screen Tarzan.

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Plot Keywords:

gorilla | jungle | africa | white jungle maiden | lion attack | 

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Taglines:

The Unconscious FORM Of A Girl Puzzled Him!

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Genres:

Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1945 (USA)

Also Known As:

El gorila blanco

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fraser & Merrick Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in three days and one night.

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Crazy Credits

With Ray Corrigan Lorraine Miller and An All-Star Cast

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Connections

Featured in It Came from Hollywood (1982)

User Reviews

What Gorilla? Lotsa Lions.

They must have had some leftover film and an old silent movie. Some Saturday afternoon, everyone got together and put together the bulk of this. Then a couple monkey suits left over from an old Lugosi film, a little narration, a scene in a trading post set, and voilà, you have a dumb movie. It apparently takes place in Africa but there are animals from all over the world. The elephants are mostly Indian elephants and there are tigers and lions. The story is about as lame as you can get in that there is no closure anywhere. Issues are never tied up. The narrator, Crash Corrigan, spends almost the whole movie thrashing around in the weeds, spying on people. He doesn't do anything to help. There is also a silly looking little boy who has dominion over animals and black natives. It goes around and around and never gets anywhere. This is a real bomb.