The Monster and the Girl

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Ellen Drew and Charles Gemora in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters.

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Rod Cameron, Ellen Drew, and Charles Gemora in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Charles Gemora and George Zucco in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Joseph Calleia, Marc Lawrence, and Paul Lukas in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Skipper the Dog in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Ellen Drew in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

George Zucco in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Charles Gemora in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Virginia Gaylord and George Zucco in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Joseph Calleia in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

Morgan Brown, Gene Delmont, Virginia Gaylord, Onslow Stevens, Ben Watson, and Minor Watson in The Monster and the Girl (1941)

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. It was first telecast in Omaha Friday 7 November 1958 on KETV (Channel 7), followed by Asheville, North Carolina 13 June 1959 on WLOS (Channel 13), and by Pittsburgh 23 October 1959 on KDKA (Channel 2). Other airings remained infrequent, apparently due to sponsor resistance to what was perceived as unsavory subject matter. It was released on DVD 16 October 2012 as part of the Universal Vault Series, and premiered on Turner Classic Movies, thanks to guest programmer John Landis, Monday 10 December 2018.

Goofs
When the dog comes out into the alley and looks up at the ape/monster the camera tilts up the side of the apartment building. However, mid-tilt the scene apparently jumps to another shot/location as there is a break in the shot.

Quotes
Henchman: Looks like I'm not the only thorn in your side.
W. S. Bruhl: Yes, but you're my favorite thorn.

Connections
Featured in Landis, Baker and Burns (2011)

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6/10

Good premise, but not fully brought out.

Scot Webster is looking for his brother-in-law who mysteriously left his wife and left her in at the hands of a racketeer and his mob. Webster is later set up with the murder of a mob enemy, convicted and set to die, but swears revenge on those who set him up. He donates his brain to science and it is later put into an ape, which proceeds to carry out Webster's venegance. The plot sounds pretty good for its genre, but the Webster's trial takes up a little too much time plus the scenes with the ape just seem to be lacking the excitement that this movie should generate. 5 out of 10.

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