Hunters and scientists venture into the jungle to track down a savage albino gorilla, which they believe could be the missing link between man and ape.Hunters and scientists venture into the jungle to track down a savage albino gorilla, which they believe could be the missing link between man and ape.Hunters and scientists venture into the jungle to track down a savage albino gorilla, which they believe could be the missing link between man and ape.
Ray Corrigan
- White Pongo
- (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
- Rifleman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMade by Sigmund Neufeld Productions, headed by Sigmund who produced the film and was the brother of its director, Sam Newfield. Sam is legendary in Hollywood for having turned out somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 pictures in a 30-year career.
- GoofsAlthough the title of the film is "White Pongo", the white gorilla is referred to as "White Ponga" throughout the movie.
- Quotes
Clive Carswell: It takes more than a shave to make a gentleman.
- Alternate versionsA short movie entitled "White Gorilla", made for 8mm and 16mm home release in the 1950s and available on the Something Weird DVD release of "Night of the Bloody Apes"/"Feast of Flesh" was not condensed from this film as some have suggested. It was actually reedited from the feature "White Gorilla" which was also made in 1945.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dark Jungle Theater: White Pongo (2015)
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White Pongo isn't an A movie. It isn't even a B movie. It falls more into the range of a D-level movie, made on a shoe string by a minor film company. It fails in just about every way a film can. It's not just that it's cheap and openly racist; it's just plain boring!
The film follows an expedition to capture a rare white gorilla believed to be the missing link. (Why would the missing link have to be white?) In the process, the adventurers run into hostile natives, criminals, and the worst gorilla suit known to man. (I know this was made before the time of Jane Goodall, but couldn't they have come up with something vaguely realistic?)
The film's racism is very obvious, to the point that it verges on satire. The lead black character is named Mumbo-Jumbo for crying out loud. The Africans are shown as savages who are automatically hostile to white people for no reason-never mind the fact that during the colonial era, they would have had every reason to distrust Europeans.
However, what's most damning is the boredom factor. Even though the movie is roughly seventy minutes long, it is filled with scenes of people just cruising down the river with canoes, with no accompanying action or dialogue. It's filler of the worst kind.
The film follows an expedition to capture a rare white gorilla believed to be the missing link. (Why would the missing link have to be white?) In the process, the adventurers run into hostile natives, criminals, and the worst gorilla suit known to man. (I know this was made before the time of Jane Goodall, but couldn't they have come up with something vaguely realistic?)
The film's racism is very obvious, to the point that it verges on satire. The lead black character is named Mumbo-Jumbo for crying out loud. The Africans are shown as savages who are automatically hostile to white people for no reason-never mind the fact that during the colonial era, they would have had every reason to distrust Europeans.
However, what's most damning is the boredom factor. Even though the movie is roughly seventy minutes long, it is filled with scenes of people just cruising down the river with canoes, with no accompanying action or dialogue. It's filler of the worst kind.
- TheExpatriate700
- Apr 27, 2011
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- Adventure Unlimited
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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