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Nabonga

  • 19441944
  • K-12K-12
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
609
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Ray Corrigan, Buster Crabbe, and Julie London in Nabonga (1944)
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When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
609
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  • Director
    • Sam Newfield
  • Writer
    • Fred Myton(story)
  • Stars
    • Buster Crabbe
    • Fifi D'Orsay
    • Barton MacLane
  • Director
    • Sam Newfield
  • Writer
    • Fred Myton(story)
  • Stars
    • Buster Crabbe
    • Fifi D'Orsay
    • Barton MacLane
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    • 25User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Buster Crabbe in Nabonga (1944)
    Buster Crabbe and Julie London in Nabonga (1944)
    Buster Crabbe, Fifi D'Orsay, Julie London, and Barton MacLane in Nabonga (1944)
    Nabonga (1944)
    Ray Corrigan, Buster Crabbe, and Jackie Newfield in Nabonga (1944)
    Ray Corrigan and Buster Crabbe in Nabonga (1944)
    Julie London in Nabonga (1944)
    Ray Corrigan, Buster Crabbe, and Julie London in Nabonga (1944)
    Julie London in Nabonga (1944)
    Buster Crabbe and Barton MacLane in Nabonga (1944)
    Ray Corrigan, Buster Crabbe, and Julie London in Nabonga (1944)

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    Buster Crabbe
    Buster Crabbe
    • Ray Gorman
    Fifi D'Orsay
    Fifi D'Orsay
    • Marie
    Barton MacLane
    Barton MacLane
    • Carl Hurst
    Julie London
    Julie London
    • Doreen Stockwell
    Bryant Washburn
    Bryant Washburn
    • Hunter
    Herbert Rawlinson
    Herbert Rawlinson
    • Stockwell
    Prince Modupe
    • Tobo
    Jackie Newfield
    • Doreen Stockwell - as a Child
    Ray Corrigan
    Ray Corrigan
    • Gorilla
    • (as Nabongo)
    Jack Gardner
    • Pilot
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Humes
    Fred Humes
    • Gorilla Fighting Samson the Gorilla
    • (uncredited)
    I. Stanford Jolley
    I. Stanford Jolley
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Mortimer
    Edmund Mortimer
    • Trader
    • (uncredited)
    Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
    Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
    • Native Attacking Tobo
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Sam Newfield
    • Writer
      • Fred Myton(story) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      To play the role of Doreen as a child, director Sam Newfield used his own daughter, Jackie Newfield.
    • Quotes

      Marie: Oh, wait! I'm afraid of that gorilla!

      Ray Gorman: He won't hurt you - not after she's told him not to.

      Marie: And suppose she tells him different... what then?

      Ray Gorman: He'd tear you to pieces.

    • Connections
      Edited into Dark Jungle Theater: Nabonga (2015)

    User reviews25

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    5/10
    Really crappy dubbing to German, aside from that a nice movie
    Well, I bought this gem for a fiver out of the blue. I thought: "Buster Crabbe is in it, so it can't be all bad!" Then I watched it in the German dubbing, and had to laugh quite a few times, but at spots neither the original movie makers nor the dubbing crew would have intended to be for laughter. The German dubbing sounds like from a bad porn movie. Really. The lines of the native people are just ridiculous, and the voice of the girls sounds like the voice of a 60 year old woman. Its crap! They even attached new music to it. Somekind of psychedelic syntho-pop, but a really bad one. So I switched over to the original soundtrack, and so I could finally enjoy this movie. Buster Crabbe is like usual awesome in action scenes, but his character play too is definitely better than in any Flash Gordon. I recommend this movie (in English!!!!) for anyone who is interested in fantastic movies from before the fifties. But its not King Kong tho! Therefore: 5 out of 10
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    • rotes_papier
    • Sep 28, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 25, 1950 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gorilla
    • Production company
      • Sigmund Neufeld Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 15 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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