Captive Wild Woman
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Produced by | Ben Pivar |
| Written by | Ted Fithian/Neil P. Varnick/Griffin Jay/Henry Sucher |
| Starring |
Evelyn Ankers John Carradine Milburn Stone Acquanetta |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter and Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Captive Wild Woman (1943) is a sci-fi horror film starring Evelyn Ankers, John Carradine, Milburn Stone, and introducing Acquanetta. The picture was released by Universal Pictures and was directed by Edward Dmytryk.
The film begins with animal trainer Fred Mason (Milburn Stone) returning from his latest safari with a horde of animals for his employer John Whipple (Lloyd Corrigan), owner of the Whipple Circus. Among them is Cheela (Ray Corrigan), a gorilla with remarkably human characteristics. Mason relates that she is the most affectionate jungle animal he has ever encountered.
Mason’s fiancée Beth Colman (Evelyn Ankers) is present at the dock for his return. She tells him of the recent health problems encountered by her sister Dorothy (Martha MacVicar). In a flashback sequence, Beth tells of taking her sibling to see Dr. Sigmund Walters (John Carradine), an endocrinologist of some standing. Dorothy is staying at Walters’ Crestview Sanatorium for treatment.
Fred and Beth arrive at the winter quarters, and Dr. Walters pays a visit. He is extremely interested in Cheela, and inquires about purchasing her. Whipple tells him that she is not for sale. Upon returning to his lab, Walters finds that his latest experiment has resulted in the lab animal’s death. He becomes convinced he needs larger animals that possess the “will to live.”
Walters enlists the aid of a disgruntled former circus employee to steal Cheela. After the ape is loaded onto his truck, the scientist callously pushes the man into the gorilla’s grasp and stolidly watches as the beast wrings his neck.
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