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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   1,642 votes
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Writers:
Merian C. Cooper (story)
Ruth Rose (screenplay)
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Release Date:
29 August 1949 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
Ten Terrific Thrills ! more
Plot:
Jill Young has brought up her pet gorilla since she was a child. Twelve years later, when the gorilla is fully grown... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
I Love Lucy: Actor Charles Lane Leaves a Long Career
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Fun, fast-moving with fantastic special effects more (41 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Terry Moore ... Jill Young

Ben Johnson ... Gregg
Robert Armstrong ... Max O'Hara
Frank McHugh ... Windy
Douglas Fowley ... Jones
Denis Green ... Crawford
Paul Guilfoyle ... Smith
Nestor Paiva ... Brown
Regis Toomey ... John Young
Lora Lee Michel ... Jill Young, as a Girl
James Flavin ... Schultz
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Gordon ... Old Woman (unconfirmed)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
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Runtime:
94 min | USA:84 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Swahili
Color:
Black and White (Sepiatone) (some sequences) | Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

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Trivia:
Though Willis H. O'Brien gets top special-effects billing, Ray Harryhausen actually did 85%-90% of the stop-motion animation for this film, although the animation is based on O'Brien's designs and storyboards. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Mighty Joe Young is carrying the young girl up the burning tree a metal position gauge, a stop-motion special effects tool appears on screen for a single frame. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-01)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Beautiful Dreamer more

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18 out of 19 people found the following comment useful.
Fun, fast-moving with fantastic special effects, 21 November 2000
8/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

Great film about an oversize gorilla (about 10-11 feet), its owner (Terry Moore) and what happens when an unscrupulous promoter Max O'Hara (Robert Armstrong) lures them from Africa to America to become a hit. Let's get the bad stuff out of the way--the story is nothing new; Terry Moore and Ben Johnson are among the worst actors I've ever seen and there's zero lack of characterization among the humans. But when Joe Young appears all is forgiven. He looks great, moves realistically and has incredible facial motions. You can tell exactly what he's thinking by his expressions! Also, the scenes where he's grappling with humans, horses, lions look extremely realistic--that's saying a lot for a film that's over 50 years old! A fun family film. Try to see restored prints--there's a final sequence involving a burning building in which the whole reel is tinted red--very nicely done.

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