Fresh
The story, like Frankenstein and Dracula, has taken on the significance of a modern folk tale, layered with obvious moralizing and as familiar as personal history.
Mark Chalon Smith, Los Angeles Times
King Kong
Beauty conquered the beast!
1933 · 1h 44m · Approved
Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Directed by
Merian C. Cooper
,
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Merian C. Cooper Director
- Ernest B. Schoedsack Director
- Robert Armstrong as Carl Denham
- Fay Wray as Ann Darrow
- Bruce Cabot as John 'Jack' Driscoll
- Noble Johnson as Skull Island nation leader
- Frank Reicher as Captain Englehorn
- Steve Clemente as Witch King
- Victor Wong as Ship's Cook Charlie
- James Flavin as Briggs
- Sam Hardy Cast
- Roscoe Ates Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"King Kong," as spectacular a bolt of celluloid as has thrilled audiences in a couple of sophisticated seasons, is the product of a number of vivid imaginations.
Irene Thirer, New York Daily News
Fresh
Kong mystifies as well as it horrifies, and may open up a new medium for scaring babies via the screen.
Joe Bigelow, Variety
Fresh
Willis O'Brien did the stop-action animation for this 1933 feature, which is richer in character than most of the human cast.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The throbbing heart of the film lies in the creation of the semi-human simian himself, an immortal tribute to the Hollywood dream factory...
Wally Hammond, Time Out
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