King Kong

Overview

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 be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

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Cast and crew

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  Robert ArmstrongCarl Denham

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  Fay WrayAnn Darrow

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  Bruce CabotJack Driscoll

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  Frank ReicherCaptain Englehorn

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  Victor WongShip's Cook Charlie

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  James FlavinMate Briggs

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  Sam HardyCharles Weston

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  Noble JohnsonSkull Island Native Chief

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  Steve ClementeSkull Island Witch Doctor

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  Roscoe AtesPress Photographer (uncredited)

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  Merian C. CooperPilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

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  Frances CurryIntended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (Uncredited)

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  Paul PorcasiApple Vendor (uncredited)

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  Ernest B. SchoedsackMachine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

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  Harry StrangPoliceman at Headquarters (uncredited)

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  Bill WilliamsTheatre Usher (uncredited)

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  Dick CurtisMember of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

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  Reginald BarlowShip's Engineer (uncredited)

Director

Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack

Writer

Ruth Rose and James Ashmore Creelman

Music

Max Steiner

Cinematography

Vernon L. Walker, J.O. Taylor and Edward Linden