Ape Man, The

The Ape Man
Credits
Title:	The Ape Man
Directed by:	William Beaudine
Written by:	Karl Brown
Produced by:	Jack Dietz; Sam Katzman; Barney A. Sarecky
Cinematography:	Mack Stengler
Edited by:	Carl Pierson
Production
Distributed by:	Banner Productions Monogram Pictures
Released:	March 5th, 1943
Rating:	Approved
Running time:	64 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Ape Man is an American feature film of the "monster" and science fiction subgenres. It was directed by William Beaudine with a screenplay written by Karl Brown, based upon a story treatment by Brown. The film was produced by Monogram Pictures and Banner Productions and was released in the United States on March 5th, 1943. The Ape Man stars Bela Lugosi as Doctor James Brewster - a scientist who uses spinal fluid from a gorilla to transform himself into a murderous ape man (like you do).

Cast

Actor	Role
Bela Lugosi	Doctor James Brewster
Louise Currie	Billie Mason
Wallace Ford	Jeff B. Carter
Henry Hall	Doctor George Randall
Minerva Urecal	Agatha Brewster
Emil Van Horn	The Ape
J. Farrell MacDonald	Captain O'Brien
Wheeler Oakman	Detective Brady
Ralph Littlefield	Zippo
Jack Mulhall	Reporter
Charles Jordan	Detective O'Toole
Charlie Hall	Barney the photographer
George Kirby	Townsend the butler
Ray Miller	Detective
Ernest Morrison	Copyboy
William Ruhl	Martin the editor

Notes & Trivia

• The Ape Man, The Ape Man (1943), Ape Man, Ape Man (1943) and Ape Man, The all redirect to this page.

• This film is based on the story "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown.

• The Ape Man is in the public domain.

• The tagline for this film is, "No one is safe from the cruel desires of this inhuman fiend!"

• Production on The Ape Man began on December 16th, 1942. Principal filming commenced on December 18th and concluded in January, 1943.

• The Ape Man was released on DVD in Region 1 format by Alpha Video on July 30th, 2002.

• This film is included on the King of Kong Island and Other Ape Flicks 3-disc DVD collection.

• Screenplay writer Barney A. Sarecky is credited as Barney Sarecky in this film.

• This is the sixth of nine films that Bela Lugosi appears in for Monogram Pictures.

• Actress Amelita Ward was originally tapped to play Billie Mason, but was replaced by Louise Currie.

• Actor Charlie Hall is uncredited for his participation in this film.

• Actor George Kirby is uncredited for his participation in this film.

• Actor Ray Miller is uncredited for his participation in this film.

• Actor Ernest Morrison is uncredited for his participation in this film.

• Actor William Ruhl is uncredited for his participation in this film.

• Actor Ralph Littlefield's character is unidentified in this film. Publicity material as well as various internet sources credit the character as "Zippo", though he is never identified as such in the film itself.

• The Ape Man represents just one more turn in the ever-churning downward spiral of Bela Lugosi's career, as each that he appears in for Monogram Pictures appears to be more demeaning than the previous. As film historian Tom Weaver once put it, "Despite their ruinous effects on Lugosi's career, had these Monogram pictures been made without him, they would not merit discussion today".

• Other horror films released in 1943 include Captive Wild Woman, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, The Ghost Ship and Son of Dracula.

Recommendations

1940s films

Captive Wild Woman Cat People Curse of the Cat People Devil Bat's Daughter Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Frozen Ghost, The Ghost of Frankenstein Ghost Ship, The

House of Dracula House of Frankenstein Invisible Agent Jungle Woman Man Made Monster Night Monster Weird Woman Wolf Man

Bela Lugosi films

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein Ape Man, The Black Cat, The Devil Bat, The Dracula

Ghost of Frankenstein, The Night Monster Return of Chandu, The Son of Frankenstein Wolf Man, The

External Links

• The Ape Man at AMG
• The Ape Man at IMDB
• The Ape Man at Wikipedia
• The Ape Man at Themoviedb.org
• The Ape Man at Horrormovies.org
• The Ape Man at Eccentric Cinema
• The Ape Man at Rotten Tomatoes

Keywords

Ape | Butler | Detective | Doctor | Editor | Laboratory | Mad scientist |Monster | Photographer | Reporter | Scientific experimentation | Scientist