The Gorilla (1927)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 13, 1927Release Date
The Gorilla (1927)
1h 20m
Running Time
November 13, 1927Release Date
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Plot.
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Murray
Garrity
Fred Kelsey
Mulligan
Alice Day
Alice Townsend
Tully Marshall
William Townsend
Claude Gillingwater
Cyrus Townsend
Walter Pidgeon
Stevens
Brooks Benedict
Reporter
Syd Crossley
Butler
Gaston Glass
Marsden
Alfred Santell
Director / Producer
John Gough
Sailor
Ralph Spence
Theatre Play
Aggie Herring
Cook
Alfred A. Cohn
Screenplay
Al Boasberg
Writer
Russel S. Hoff
Sound Engineer
Edward Small
Production Manager
Sidney Lazarus
Writer
Arthur Edeson
Director of Photography
Harry McArthur
Screenplay
Media.
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Wiki.
The Gorilla is an American 1927 silent mystery film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. It stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey, and Walter Pidgeon.
Following the success of Spence's play on Broadway, production on a film adaptation was set to start on March 1927, while principal photography only began in August 1927. The Gorilla premiered in Cleveland and Toledo, Ohio and in St. Louis, Missouri on November 5, 1927. The film received positive reviews from The Chicago Tribune, Variety, and Harrison's Reports while being dismissed by The New York Times.
The play was adapted again as The Gorilla in 1930 and The Gorilla (1939). The 1927 version of the film is considered a lost film.