The Gorilla (1927 film)
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| Directed by | Alfred Santell |
| Produced by | Alfred Santell Edward Small |
| Based on | The Gorilla by Ralph Spence |
| Starring | Charlie Murray Fred Kelsey Alice Day Tully Marshall Walter Pidgeon |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
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Production
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Ascher, Small & Rogers[1]
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| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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Running time
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
The Gorilla is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. The film stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey and Walter Pidgeon.
The plot of the film revolves around a series of murders committed by a man in an ape suit. The film was remade with sound in 1930 (The Gorilla) and 1939 (The Gorilla).[2][3]
It was an early production of Edward Small.[4]
Cast
- Charles Murray - Garrity
- Fred Kelsey - Mulligan
- Walter Pidgeon - Stevens
- Brooks Benedict - Reporter
- Syd Crossley - Butler
- Alice Day - Alice Townsend
- Claude Gillingwater - Cyrus Townsend
- Gaston Glass - Marsden
- John Gough - Sailor
- Aggie Herring - Cook
- Tully Marshall- William Townsend
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Gorilla at IMDb
- The Gorilla at AllMovie
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- ↑ Loew's Inaugruate Change Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Nov 1926: A11.
- ↑ The Gorilla at silentera.com database)
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- ↑ Small 'Picks the Winners': Discoverer of Many Favorites Plans "Quickies" With Unknown Casts to Unearth New Talent Miller, Barbara. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Dec 1926: C18.
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