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Title: The Gorilla (1939)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| The Ritz Brothers | ... | Defective Detectives | |
| Jimmy Ritz | ... | Garrity | |
| Harry Ritz | ... | Harrigan | |
| Al Ritz | ... | Mulligan | |
| Anita Louise | ... | Norma Denby | |
| Patsy Kelly | ... | Kitty | |
| Lionel Atwill | ... | Walter Stevens | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Peters | |
| Joseph Calleia | ... | Stranger | |
| Edward Norris | ... | Jack Marsden | |
| Wally Vernon | ... | Seaman | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | A.P. Conway | |
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Art Miles | ... | Poe the Gorilla |
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When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
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psychotronic film | old dark house | cut telephone line | private investigator | escaped animal |Taglines:
Mystery goes merry, with the Ritzes See more »Parents Guide:
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Jack Marsden: Peters, what's all that commotion?
Peters: It sounds like our friends the detectives.
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When Harrigan dismisses the other Ritz Brothers fro the kitchen, he walks back over to Kitty and a camera shadow falls across her. See more »Quotes
[at a huge crash from the cellar]Jack Marsden: Peters, what's all that commotion?
Peters: It sounds like our friends the detectives.
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 May 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Gorilla See more »Filming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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I've heard that the Ritz Brothers refused to do this film unless both their contract and the script were re-worked. The Studio should have let them walk. I admit this is only the first Ritz Bros. film I have seen so they could come off as comic geniuses in "Hotel Anchovy" and I wouldn't know it. However in this film, all they do is suck the oxygen out of the room while fellow "comic," Patsy Kelly, chews the scenery with a knife and fork. All I could think while watching this film was "poor Bela Lugosi." Reduced here to being the-guy-who-we-think-did-it (and a butler to boot), you can almost see his disinterest as he sleepwalks through yet another "creepy foreign guy" role. With a bit different casting, this could have been a funny film.
In spite of the off-the-mark gags and dental drill like screaming of Kelly, this film is not horrible. It will entertain you in spite of its shortcomings. Make it a drinking game. Take a shot every time someone says "Take that down, Garrity." Take two shots every time Garrity says anything at all, and take a shot of water whenever the word "gorilla" is spoken. Poor Bela Lugosi.