Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) on Netflix
NR19521h 14mComedyHorrorSci-Fi
Two entertainers fall from a plane onto Cola Cola, a jungle island, where the chief's daughter Nona shelters them. Dr. Zabor runs experiments in evolution.
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- IMDb3.6/102,771 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes29%
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Plot summary
Bound for a USO show in Guam, the entertainers Duke and Sammy fall out of their plane and parachute onto Cola Cola, a jungle island, where natives find them asleep in frayed tuxedos and carry them to Chief Rakos. His daughter Nona shields the pair and has them shaved, dressed and given haircuts while they sleep. Waking, they say they survived on wild berries and raw fish. At a luau Duke grows closer to Nona, while Sammy meets her friendly sister Saloma. Nona, educated at an American college to prepare her to rule the island as its queen, suggests that Dr. Zabor, who conducts scientific experiments there, might help them leave. Zabor agrees to help and lets them use his castle and wardrobe.
Cast
- Milton Newbergeras Bongo - the Witch Doctor
- Steve Calvertas Gorilla(uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
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- Jerry Lewis was furious about the film and angrily confronted Realart owner Jack Broder, while Paramount producer Hal B. Wallis threatened to sue Broder over the comedy team that resembled Martin and Lewis. After shooting, Wallis wanted to buy the negative to destroy it, but the men could not agree on a price.
- Bela Lugosi was cast because Realart had reissued his old Universal Pictures horror films, at a time when the actor was ill from morphine addiction and his career was in sharp decline.
- Martin Landau watched Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla three times in preparation for his role as Lugosi in the biopic Ed Wood.
- The film entered the public domain in 1980, and distributors then made it widely available to collectors, even though it had never received very wide distribution in its day.
