The Gorilla (1939) on Netflix
A killer called the Gorilla threatens Walter Stevens, who hires the inept detectives Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan as bodyguards. An escaped circus gorilla then terrorizes the household.
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Plot summary
Walter Stevens, a wealthy businessman, receives a death threat from a killer known as the Gorilla, and he hires Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan, a trio of inept private detectives, to protect him. A violent storm rolls in, the power goes out, and a circus gorilla that escaped and is blamed for a murderous rampage is loose in the mansion. The creepy butler Peters and a maid who frightens easily are among the suspicious characters in the dark house, and the three detectives must work out whether a murderer is at large or whether the danger is the animal itself.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Gorilla (1939)
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- Fox sued the Ritz Brothers for $150,000 for breach of contract after the January 30 start of The Gorilla was halted when the brothers did not show up, having been reluctant to appear in a B picture; the death of their father had already delayed production.
- Fox signed Bela Lugosi to play the butler Peters in The Gorilla, a character that had originally been intended for Peter Lorre.
- The studio wanted Kane Richmond for a part in The Gorilla, but he was replaced by Edward Norris after Richmond signed on for the film Charlie Chan in Reno.
- After the delayed production resumed in March with the Ritz Brothers back on board, The Gorilla became the last film the comedy team made for 20th Century-Fox.
