Queen Kong (1976)

Director:

Frank Agrama

Writers:

Frank Agrama (screenplay) &
Ronald Dobrin (screenplay)
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Release Date:

10 December 1976 (West Germany)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

She's in one of her moods again!

Plot:

A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star. |

Plot Keywords:

Ape | Giant Ape | Africa | Spoof | Giant Animal

Cast

Robin Askwith	...	Ray Fay
Rula Lenska	...	Luce Habit
Valerie Leon	...	Queen of the Nabongas
Roger Hammond	...	Woolf
John Clive	...	Comedian
Carol Drinkwater	...	Ima Goodbody
Brian Godfrey	...	Second Actor
Anthony Morton	...	Antique Dealer
Fiona Curzon	...	Police Secretary
Stanley Platts	...	Chief Constable
Linda Hayden	...	The Singing Nun
Barbara Allen	...	Crew Girl
Suzy Arthur	...	Crew Girl (as Suzie Arthur)
Lela Babbick	...	Crew Girl
Melita Clarke	...	Crew Girl
Jeannie Collings	...	Crew Girl
Kathryn Hayes	...	Crew girl
Annette Lynton	...	Crew Girl
Vicki Michelle	...	Crew Girl
Geraldine Gardner	...	Crew Girl (as Trudi Van Doorn)
Chai Lee	...	Native Girl
Eva Louise	...	Native Girl
Tawny Sands	...	Native Guide
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wilma Russell	...	Native Girl
Mireille Allonville	...	Girl (uncredited)
Maggy Armitage	...	Wife (uncredited)
Harold Berens	...	Man in Phone Booth (uncredited)
Anna Bergman	...	Crew Girl (uncredited)
Maj Britt	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Jeannette Charles	...	HM The Queen (uncredited)
Derek Deadman	...	Cockney (uncredited)
Felicity Devonshire	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Rachel Dix	...	Bunny Girl (uncredited)
Brigette Fry	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Caron Gardner	...	Prostitute (uncredited)
Marta Gillot	...	Native Girl (uncredited)
Christina Halstead	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Zoe Hendry	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Maria Holmes	...	Actress (uncredited)
Paddy Joyce	...	Man in Aeroplane (uncredited)
Gaynor Martine	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Marianne Morris	...	Girl on Billboard (uncredited)
Mandy Perryment	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Dino Shafeek	...	Indian (uncredited)
Lamona Snow	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Angela Staines	...	Native Dancer (uncredited)
Marilyn Thomas	...	Police Woman (uncredited)
Garth Watkins	...	Policeman (uncredited)

Directed by
Frank Agrama

Writing credits
Frank Agrama		(screenplay) &
Ronald Dobrin		(screenplay) (as Ron Dobrin)
Robin Dobria		uncredited
Fabio Piccioni		screenplay (uncredited)
Fabio Piccioni		story (uncredited)

Produced by
Keith Cavele	....	executive producer
Virgilio De Blasi	....	producer

Original Music by
Pepper

Cinematography by
Ian Wilson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Campling

Casting by
Miriam Brickman

Art Direction by
David Brockhurst

Costume Design by
Joyce Stoneman

Makeup Department
Bunty Phillips	....	makeup artist
Bobbie Smith	....	hair designer

Production Management
Paul Cowan	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Cirino	....	assistant director
Paul Fisher	....	assistant director

Art Department
Leam Neary	....	model maker: set builder
Charlie Simmons	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Chris Gurney	....	boom operator
Peter Horrocks	....	dubbing editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound re-recording mixer
Aubrey Lewis	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Jon Rees	....	optical special effects director

Camera and Electrical Department
Ahmed Agrama	....	assistant camera
Ian Millar	....	camera operator
Gerry Sandler	....	focus puller

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joyce Stoneman	....	wardrobe supervisor

Music Department
Ronald Dobrin	....	lyricist (as Ron Dobrin)
Tony Mimms	....	conductor
Tony Mimms	....	music arranger
Pepper	....	music performers

Other crew
Gillian Gregory	....	choreographer
André Génovès	....	presenter
Sheila Humphreys	....	assistant choreographer
Basil Keys	....	production executive

Production Companies

• Cine-Art München
• Dexter Film London

Distributors

• Cinefear (????) (USA) (VHS)
• IDT Home Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Television International, London  technical facilities
• Twickenham Film Studios  re-recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | France | West Germany | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG (2006)

Filming Locations:

Christchurch, Hampshire, England, UK

Company:

Cine-Art München

Trivia:

An issue of rape is addressed during the closing credits, in seemingly frivolous song; whereas in King Kong (1976) the issue is a more contentious part the film.

Quotes:

[Ray Fay is sitting in a birthday cake, served for Queen Kong, who approaches the giant table]
Ray Fay:You can't eat me! I'm jewish! I'm Irish! I'm black!
[Queen Kong sits down on the giant chair]
Ray Fay:I'm a leper! I'm a Jewish black Irish leper!

Movie Connections:

References Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

I wish I got drunk BEFORE watching this film...

What happens when a big-shot film producer like Dino De Laurentiis orders to take a low-budget production like "Queen Kong" out of circulation, supposedly because it discredits his own remake of the classic 1933 film? That's right, "Queen Kong" immediately became an immense cult-hit and probably a lot more popular than it ever would have been if De Laurentiis had simply ignored it! This is one of the most deranged comedies ever, only you laugh at how ridiculous it is and not so much at the script-jokes or parody situations. "Queen Kong" looks fresh & funny for about 10 minutes; during the opening sequences in which you unexpectedly witness that women are the strong gender here and men are all just redundant and insignificant wimps. The humor stops right after the "Libertine Lady" song which, I admit, has some of the coolest lyrics ever ("Burn your bra...Burn your panties...Call your mum...Call your aunties") and the rest of the film is amateurish nonsense and actually quite boring. Copying the original "King Kong" bit by bit, the story revolves on a female film crew that sets foot on a tropical island where the (once again female) natives idolize a humongous (oh yes...female) ape, named Queen Kong". She immediately fancies the male love interest of the film crew (character name: Ray Fay – ha ha!). Watching this film is only amusing in case you're severely drunk or under the influence of soft drugs, as it is a series of absurd gags that you simply can't appreciate in a sober condition. The special effects are lousy and the monsters even look faker than the ones in the absolute cheapest Japanese Godzilla rip-offs. It's a real shame that several of the cast members agreed to star in this garbage. They all previously starred in good, solid Brit-horror films. The gorgeous Valerie Léon was in "Blood From the Mummy's Tomb" and Linda Hayden (luckily, she only has a cameo) was in "Blood on Satan's Claw" and "Madhouse". The male lead Robin Askwith played in "Horror Hospital" and the regretfully underrated "Tower of Evil".