A Monster of Creation’s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
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 displayed on Broadway as Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Director
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Screenplay
James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose
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Release date
March 15, 1933
Country
United States of America
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Top billed cast
Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Frank Reicher, Victor Wong
Production companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Keywords
new york city, screenplay, movie business, exotic island, island, ship, great depression, unsociability, dinosaur, black and white, pre-code, sea voyage, damsel in distress, empire state building, giant ape, animal horror, great ape, king kong
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