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Gorilla at Large

Gorilla at Large
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Promotional one-sheet poster
Directed by Harmon Jones
Produced by Robert L. Jacks)(Producer)
Leonard Goldstein (Executive Producer)
Written by Leonard Praskins
Barney Slater
Starring Cameron Mitchell
Anne Bancroft
Lee J. Cobb
Music by Lionel Newman
Cinematography Lloyd Ahern
Edited by Paul Weatherwax
Production
company
Panoramic Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • May 1954 (1954-05)
Running time
83 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $400,000

Gorilla at Large is a 1954 horror mystery B-movie (with an A-cast) made in 3-D.

The film stars Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb and Raymond Burr, with Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens in supporting roles. Directed by Harmon Jones, it was made by Panoramic Productions, and distributed through 20th Century Fox in Technicolor and 3-D.

It is notable for being one of their first 20th Century Fox films filmed in 3-D. (The first was Inferno, which was released a year before.)

Cyrus Miller's circus has come to the fairgrounds, where barker Joey Matthews invites the crowd to come see the great gorilla, Goliath.

Trapeze artist Laverne Miller flies over the gorilla's cage. She tells husband Cyrus that she wants a few changes made, demanding that the animal's handler, Kovacs, be fired, and that Joey join the act. Inside a gorilla costume, Joey would be waiting to catch Laverne when she drops from the trapeze, the crowd shrieking as it believes him to be Goliath.

Cyrus refuses to dismiss Kovacs, who is the only one able to control the gorilla. Going through with her new act, however, Laverne and Joey practice, incorporating some judo moves in their routine. Joey tells fiancee Audrey Baxter that the additional money he makes will help them raise enough money to be married and leave the circus life for good.

A concessionaire, Morse, is accused by Cyrus of robbing from the receipts. Morse is found dead near Goliath's cage with a broken neck and a gin bottle nearby. Detective Garrison of the police speculates that the victim got drunk and ventured too close to the dangerous gorilla. Cyrus' right-hand man, Owens, argues that Morse never drank alcohol due to an ulcer.


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