IMDb
4.7 /10
2k votes


Horror · Mystery · Science Fiction · 1940 · 1h 2min
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?
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1940 THE APE - Boris Karloff - Trailer
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IMDb
4.7 /10
2k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88 /100
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TMDB
4.8 /10
42 votes
Letterboxd
4.8 /10
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Weighted average
5.8/10