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King Kong (1933)

NR03/15/1933Adventure, Fantasy, Horror1h 44m
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Beauty conquered the beast!

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Robert Armstrong

    Carl Denham

  2. Cast 1

    Fay Wray

    Ann Darrow

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    Bruce Cabot

    Jack Driscoll

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    Frank Reicher

    Captain Englehorn

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    Victor Wong

    Ship's Cook Charlie

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    James Flavin

    Mate Briggs

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    Sam Hardy

    Charles Weston

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    Noble Johnson

    Skull Island Native Chief

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    Steve Clemente

    Skull Island Witch Doctor

So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stinks. But this shot for the moon. It promised the audience a giant ape, it gave the audience a giant ape... and a sort of love story that was really cute and relatable that brought it all together. It reached for the stars visually, it grabbed one, and it told an amazing story along with it. It was a win on every front. So, now, when people watch King Kong remakes, they look at them and they don't live up to the effort that this movie p...