Dr.Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to ...
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Cast
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| Michael Gough | ... | Dr. Charles Decker | |
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Margo Johns | ... | Margaret |
| Jess Conrad | ... | Bob Kenton | |
| Claire Gordon | ... | Sandra Banks | |
| Austin Trevor | ... | Dean Foster | |
| Jack Watson | ... | Supt. Brown | |
| George Pastell | ... | Prof. Tagore | |
| Vanda Godsell | ... | Bob's Mother | |
| Stanley Morgan | ... | Insp. Lawson | |
| Grace Arnold | ... | Miss Barnesdell | |
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Leonard Sachs | ... | Bob's Father |
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Nicholas Bennett | ... | Daniel |
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Kim Tracy | ... | Mary |
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Rupert Osborne | ... | Eric Kenton |
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Waveney Lee | ... | Janet Kenton |
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Dr.Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga' to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and reaks havoc all over the city of London!! Written by Graeme Huggan <hia95gh@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 July 1961 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
I Was a Teenage Gorilla See more »Edit
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Budget:
$500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Arranged by Gerard Schurmann
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Producer Herman Cohen first considered using "ape" actor Steve Calvert, who had worked with Cohen on Bride of the Gorilla (1951) and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952), but Calvert had retired from performing in his gorilla suit. Cohen turned to another renowned "ape" actor George Barrows, but only hired Barrows' gorilla costume, not Barrows himself. The actor Paul Stockman was instead chosen, based primarily on being a good fit for Barrows' costume. Barrows was annoyed when his gorilla costume was returned from England in bad shape. See more »Goofs
The second time Konga grows, his feet are cut off by the traveling matte. See more »Quotes
Supt. Brown: Fantastic... There's a huge monster gorilla that's constantly growing to outlandish proportions loose in the streets!See more »
Soundtracks
Nocturne Op.15 in G(uncredited)
Music by Frédéric Chopin
Arranged by Gerard Schurmann
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Even though the story is fairly interesting, I can't help but look at this film as a cheap rip off of the classic King Kong. Michael Gough does a decent job playing the crazed Doctor Decker who wants to eliminate everyone who he feels has wronged him. He also is obsessed with one of his young, voluptuous students. His obsessions lead him to the breaking point and this helps to make this a fairly interesting story. Too bad it is undone by the horrible effects, especially the old "man in the cheap gorilla suit" gimmick. I guess the budget didn't allow for decent effects like stop motion animation. However, despite cheapness of it, this film will always remain a guilty pleasure of mine.