Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

19521952
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 14m

3.7/10

Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.

3.7/10

2.4K

Director
- William Beaudine
Writers
- Tim Ryan(screenplay)
- Leo 'Ukie' Sherin(additional dialogue)
- Edmond Seward(additional dialogue)
Stars

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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Charlita, Ray Corrigan, Al Kikume, Muriel Landers, and Sammy Petrillo in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

Charlita, Al Kikume, Duke Mitchell, Milton Newberger, and Sammy Petrillo in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

Director
- William Beaudine
Writers
- Tim Ryan(screenplay)
- Leo 'Ukie' Sherin(additional dialogue)
- Edmond Seward(additional dialogue)
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Entertainers Mitchell and Petrillo (Martin & Lewis clones) parachute into the jungles of the Pacific island of Cola-Cola, where they meet primitive tribesmen, the chief's sarong-clad daughter Nona, and mad scientist Dr. Zabor conducting experiments in evolution. Jealous of Mitchell's relations with Nona, Zabor has just the thing to make a monkey of him... —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Taglines
- A horror film that will stiffen you with laughter!
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
In his research and preparation for playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994), the biopic of cult director Edward D. Wood Jr., Martin Landau watched this film three times stunned, saying that it was so bad "it made the Ed Wood films look like Gone with the Wind (1939)".

Goofs
There are no jungles that have both lions and tigers. In addition, many of the animals mentioned in the prologue would not be found on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Quotes
Duke Mitchell: Don't mind my friend. He has a one-syllable brain.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)

Soundtracks
'Deed I Do
by Walter Hirsch & Fred Rose
Sung by Duke Mitchell (uncredited)

Top review

Bela Meets the Clone

Bela and Jerry Lewis clone Sammy make this oddity worth watching at least once. This film was made for DVD...so you can rapidly forward through some boring romantic scenes. Amazingly this silly film sort of grows on you like a fungus with multiple viewings; somehow it is goofy-innocent in all its dumb or dumber glory. "Gorilla" kind of reminded me of Lugosi's early 1940's hammy Monogram films despite the lack of musical numbers in the earlier films; not that anyone needs Duke Mitchell's singing (which reminded me of Elvis with a chest cold). This is one of the few non-European films of Lugosi's I had never seen, so it was a fresh experience. The DVD I bought had amazing picture clarity and sound quality; just the opposite of what is usually released at $6.99. Still, without Lugosi, the "Gorilla" probably would have decomposed in its film can long ago, and I'll admit the film is primarily of interest to bad film fans.

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