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13/07/1949 Adventure, Fantasy, Drama, Action 1h 34m
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Merian Cooper's amazing adventure in the unusual!

Overview

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

  1. Ernest B. Schoedsack

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Terry Moore

    Jill Young

  2. Ben Johnson

    Gregg Johnson

  3. Robert Armstrong

    Max O'Hara

  4. Frank McHugh

    Windy

  5. Douglas Fowley

    Jones

  6. Denis Greene

    Crawford

  7. Paul Guilfoyle

    Smith

  8. Nestor Paiva

    Brown

  9. Regis Toomey

    John Young

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-06-22
Listen you guys, cut out the rough stuff or I'll feed you to the lions.

Unfairly chastised in some quarters for being a kiddie friendly King Kong, Mighty Joe Young is as charming as an Autumnal day. Many of the team from King Kong reteam to make this film, and undoubtedly it's pretty much the same plotting only with a different resolution.

However, the effects work is still magical, harking back to a time when geniuses like Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen sweated buckets to make the magic move on the screen. Mighty Joe, the huge Gorilla of the title, is beautifully realised, full of e...read the rest
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  13. EO64%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,800,000.00

Revenue
$1,950,000.00

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