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26/05/1939 Comedy, Mystery, Horror 1h 8m
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A Ritz is afraid of nothing ... but ... THIS ... IS ... SOMETHING!

Overview

When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.

  1. Allan Dwan

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jimmy Ritz

    Garrity

  2. Harry Ritz

    Harrigan

  3. Al Ritz

    Mulligan

  4. Anita Louise

    Norma Denby

  5. Patsy Kelly

    Kitty

  6. Lionel Atwill

    Walter Stevens

  7. Bela Lugosi

    Peters

  8. Joseph Calleia

    Stranger

  9. Edward Norris

    Jack Marsden

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
Lionel Atwill is the wealthy "Walter Stephens" whose life has been threatened by the sinister "Gorilla". To thwart this, he engages the services of the "Defective Detectives" (Jimmy, Harry & Al Ritz) and what ensues is a slapstick horror movie with a man in a gorilla suit (or, could it be an actual ape?) and some pretty corny set piece comedy sketches strung together around Atwill and a rather under-used Bela Lugosi ("Peters"). Much of the plot is just gibberish, but the detectives have a good time, and that brings a limited amount of charm as they haplessly go about their deducing - and it is...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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