The Gorilla (1939) has everything a film buff could ask for, Its got the Ritz Brothers as detectives poking around in a creepy old house. Its got a guy (Art Miles) in a gorilla outfit. Its got both Bela Lugosi and Lionel Atwill! And, amazingly, it was made by 20th Century-Fox. Director Allan Dwan, who also gave us Frontier Marshall (1939) and Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949), keeps the silly proceedings moving as quickly as possible.

Sam Newfield, who could crank out a B Western in two days, directed Nabonga (1944) for PRC. For the most part, Its King Kong with a little Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle and Tarzan thrown in for good measure. Singer Julie London (in her first film and before she married Jack Webb) plays a woman raised in the jungle by apes, Tarzan-style. The great B-movie cast includes Buster Crabbe (Buck Rogers) and Barton Maclane (The Mummys Ghost, High Sierra).

Interestingly, Nabonga was also released under the titles Jungle Woman and Gorilla. The Gorilla, however, was never called Nabonga.
 


Editor's Note

Horror Classics Double Feature includes: GORILLA and NABONGA. For a detailed description, please see individual titles.