Bride of the Gorilla

1951 film by Curt Siodmak

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Bride of the Gorilla

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Directed by| Curt Siodmak
Written by| Curt Siodmak
Produced by| Jack Broder
Edward Leven
Starring| Barbara Payton
Lon Chaney Jr.
Raymond Burr
Tom Conway
Cinematography| Charles Van Enger
Edited by| Francis D. Lyon
Music by| Raoul Kraushaar
Mort Glickman
Distributed by| Jack Broder Productions Inc.

Release date

* October 24, 1951 (1951-10-24)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 horror B-movie film written and directed by Curt Siodmak starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Payton and Tom Conway.

## Plot

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Deep in the Latin American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife Dina Van Gelder. Old native witch Al-Long (Gisela Werbisek) witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla-like beast. When a superstitious police commissioner Taro is brought in to investigate the plantation owner's death, and a rash of strange animal killings, he begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Taro interviews local farmers who have seen the bloodthirsty animal which they identify as "Sukara", a mythical jungle demon resembling a gorilla. Meanwhile, Dina is also becoming suspicious of Barney, who seems to be more in love with the jungle than with her. She follows him one night into the jungle, only to be attacked by the feral Barney. Taro and his friend Dr. Viet follow her screams in the jungle and shoot Barney. Before he dies, Barney peers into his reflection from a pond and sees sukara staring back at him.

## Cast

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* Raymond Burr as Barney Chavez
* Barbara Payton as Dina Van Gelder
* Lon Chaney Jr. as Police Commissioner Taro (credited as Lon Chaney)
* Tom Conway as Dr. Viet
* Gisela Werbisek as Al-Long (credited as Giselle Werbisek)
* Carol Varga as Larina
* Paul Cavanagh as Klaas Van Gelder
* Paul Maxey as Van Heusen
* Woody Strode as Nedo (Policeman)
* Felippa Rock as Stella Van Heusen
* Moyna Macgill as Mrs. Van Heusen
* Steve Calvert as Gorilla (uncredited)

## Production

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Raymond Burr and Barbara Payton

The film was shot in 10 days. Edward G. Robinson Jr. was originally cast in the film but was fired by the producers after his arrest for writing a bad check for $138 to the Laguna Beach Garage. The film's working title was The Face in the Water. Curt Siodmak considered switching the roles of Lon Chaney Jr. and Raymond Burr, but because of Chaney's deteriorating appearance, the idea was dropped.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Sisimito
* List of films in the public domain in the United States

## References

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Works by Curt Siodmak

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* Donovan's Brain (1942)

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* People on Sunday (1930)
* Le Bal (1931)
* F.P.1 (1932)
* Girls Will Be Boys (1934)
* It's a Bet (1935)
* The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935)
* The Tunnel (1935)
* Abdul the Damned (1935, uncredited)
* Non-Stop New York (1937)
* Her Jungle Love (1938)
* The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
* Black Friday (1940)
* The Ape (1940)
* Pacific Blackout (1941)
* The Wolf Man (1941)
* Invisible Agent (1942)
* I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
* Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
* The Climax (1944)
* Frisco Sal (1945)
* Shady Lady (1945)
* The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
* Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
* Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
* The Magnetic Monster (1953)
* Riders to the Stars (1954)
* Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
* Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)

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* Son of Dracula (1943)
* House of Frankenstein (1944)
* Berlin Express (1948)
* Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Director|

* People on Sunday (1930)
* Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
* The Magnetic Monster (1953)
* Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1957)
* Love Slaves of the Amazons (1958)
* The Devil's Messenger (1961, uncredited)

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