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Lionel Atwill is the wealthy "Walter Stephens" whose life has been threatened by the sinister "Gorilla". To thwart this, he engages the services of the "Defective Detectives" (Jimmy, Harry & Al Ritz) and what ensues is a slapstick horror movie with a man in a gorilla suit (or, co…
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The Gorilla
“A Ritz is afraid of nothing ... but ... THIS ... IS ... SOMETHING!”
48%
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1h 8m
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The Gorilla (1939) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Gorilla (1939) — a movie tagged as Comedy, Mystery, and Horror with dark, funny, and tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pret… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~68 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Gorilla 48% (29 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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The Gorilla suits viewers who want a dark and funny film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
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- 1939-05-26
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 4.8
- TMDB ID
- 89723
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Lionel Atwill is the wealthy "Walter Stephens" whose life has been threatened by the sinister "Gorilla". To thwart this, he engages the services of the "Defective Detectives" (Jimmy, Harry & Al Ritz) and what ensues is a slapstick horror movie with a man in a gorilla suit (or, could it be an actual ape?) and some pretty corny set piece comedy sketches strung together around Atwill and a rather under-used Bela Lugosi ("Peters"). Much of the plot is just gibberish, but the detectives have a good time, and that brings a limited amount of charm as they haplessly go about their deducing - and it isn't horrible to watch, but it's pretty cringe-making at times and 80 years after it was made is nigh on unwatchable for anything other than a kindly nod to pre-war comic cinema.
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