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Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Approved | | Horror, Sci-Fi | 4 June 1943 (USA)
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An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Ted Fithian (original story), Neil P. Varnick (original story) | 2 more credits »

Stars:

John Carradine, Evelyn Ankers, Milburn Stone | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview:
John Carradine ... Dr. Sigmund Walters
Evelyn Ankers ... Beth Colman
Milburn Stone ... Fred Mason
Lloyd Corrigan ... John Whipple
Fay Helm ... Nurse Strand
Martha Vickers ... Dorothy Colman (as Martha MacVicar)
Vince Barnett ... Curley
Paul Fix ... Gruen
Acquanetta ... Paula Dupree -
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Storyline

Dr. Sigmund Walters, an expert in glandular research, becomes convinced that his experiments involving lower animal species cannot succeed, so he arranges to have a very intelligent female gorilla kidnapped from the circus and brought to his lab. Using the glands of a patient and the brain of his faithful nurse, he performs transplant surgery on the intelligent simian. When the ape morphs into exotic and sexy Paula Dupree, the experiment seems to be s success. She even finds a place for herself at her old circus assisting lion tamer Fred Mason. Unfortunately when aroused by desire and jealousy over the affections of Mason, her delicate metabolism breaks down, and she regresses to her ape form. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)

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lion tamer | animal trainer | animal cruelty | bengal tiger | transformation | See All (23) »

Taglines:

A human form with animal instincts! See more »

Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 June 1943 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

La mujer fiera See more »

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

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Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Relies extensively on the use of archive footage from The Big Cage (1933). See more »

Goofs

When Beth first greets Fred on the dock at the very start of the film, her lips don't move. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Dockworker: Clear the dock! Clear the dock!
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Gorilla my dreams--LOL--sorry, but I just had to say that!!
9 August 2000 | by SkippyDevereaux – See all my reviews

Typical 1940's Universal monster film. It is enjoyable and is a nice way to spend an hour. The cinematography, when they show the sanitarium, is spooky looking. Now that I think of it, it looks like the same mansion that was used in "Munster, Go Home". Could have been, as both of these films were filmed at Universal!! I liked this film, but then I like all of those Universal monster films.
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