King Kong
1933 · 100 MIN · ADVENTURE / FANTASY / HORROR
TMDB:7.6 (1,613 votes)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
DIRECTED BY:Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
WRITTEN BY:Edgar Wallace, James Ashmore Creelman, Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose
STARRING:Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Victor Wong
STUDIO:RKO Radio Pictures
shelf notes: amused · animal horror · black and white · curious · damsel in distress · dinosaur · empire state building · exotic island · giant ape · gigantism · great ape · great depression · island · king kong