Story Line
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
“Beauty conquered the beast!”
Top Cast
Robert Armstrong
Carl Denham
Fay Wray
Ann Darrow
Bruce Cabot
Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher
Captain Englehorn
Victor Wong
Ship's Cook Charlie
James Flavin
Mate Briggs
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Rating
7.6/ 10
Release Date
1933-04-07
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
AdventureFantasyHorror
Part of the Series
King Kong (1933) Collection
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User Reviews (4)
tmdb27219454
10/10
•8/2/2019In watching this movie, and I'm talking about actually scrutinizing it intently, I was shocked at the amount and the extremity of the violence that was in the picture. Natives were being bitten, swallowed and purposely stepped upon by Kong. The sailo...
CinemaSerf
8/10
•6/13/2022Shown recently by the BBC and wow, how fantastically this has stood the test of time. I can see why there have been so many remakes of this iconic tale of ambition, power and true love but none that shine a candle to this - even after over 80 years. ...
GenerationofSwine
10/10
•1/10/2023So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stinks.
But this shot for the moon. It promised the audience a giant ape, it gave the audience a gian...
Dr_Nostromo
8/10
•3/17/202677/100
Giant ape on isolated island brought back to NYC. Chaos ensues. I've seen clips and have heard about this film my entire life but I've never just sat down and watched it. My goodness! Not only did this exceed my expectations, it's downright...