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Gorilla at Large (1954)

Gorilla at Large poster
Directed by
Harmon Jones
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A carnival performer is suspected of murder after a gorilla escapes its cage. The police investigate while the real killer tries to frame the ape.

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Gorilla at Large is a 1954 American horror mystery film made in 3-D. The film stars Cameron Mitchell, Anne Bancroft, Lee J. Cobb and Raymond Burr, with Lee Marvin and Warren Stevens in supporting roles. Directed by Harmon Jones, it was made by Panoramic Productions, and distributed through 20th Century Fox in Technicolor and 3-D. It is notable for being one of the early movies distributed by 20th Century Fox to be filmed in 3-D. (The first was Inferno, released a year before Gorilla at Large.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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