The Ape (1940)

Director
William Nigh

Main cast
Boris Karloff; Maris Wrixon; Gene O'Donnell; Dorothy Vaughan; Henry Hall

Genres
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Description
A mad scientist searching for a cure for polio. Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing towns people.


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