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King Kong

1933 · NR · 1h 44m

Beauty conquered the beast!

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.

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Release

In theaters: April 7, 1933

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Genres

adventurefantasyhorror

Details

Budget$672,000

Box office$10M

Directed by

Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Written by

Ruth Rose, James Ashmore Creelman

Cinematography

Vernon L. Walker, J.O. Taylor, Edward Linden

Music

Max Steiner

Starring

Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham · Fay Wray as Ann Darrow · Bruce Cabot as Jack Driscoll · Frank Reicher as Captain Englehorn · Victor Wong as Ship's Cook Charlie · James Flavin as Mate Briggs · Sam Hardy as Charles Weston · Noble Johnson as Skull Island Native Chief