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The Jungle Captive (1945)

The Jungle Captive poster
Directed by
Harold Young
Genre
horror film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mad scientist tries to revive a woman turned into an ape creature. The police and an assistant stand in his way.

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What happens

The Jungle Captive is a 1945 American horror film directed by Harold Young. The film is a sequel to Jungle Woman (1944), which had been preceded by Captive Wild Woman and is the final film in the Cheela, the Ape Woman series. Jungle Captive features Otto Kruger, Amelita Ward, and Rondo Hatton (as a character named "Moloch"). Vicky Lane plays Paula Dupree/Cheela, the Ape Woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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