King Kong

Synopsis

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.

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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

Sam Hardy

Charles Weston

Noble Johnson

Skull Island Native Chief

Steve Clemente

Skull Island Witch Doctor

Roscoe Ates

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Merian C. Cooper

Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Frances Curry

Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (Uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Apple Vendor (uncredited)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)

Bill Williams

Theatre Usher (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Ship's Engineer (uncredited)

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Roy Brent

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

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Edward Clark

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Crew

Art

• Carroll Clark Settings
• Alfred Herman Settings

Camera

• Vernon L. Walker Director of Photography
• J.O. Taylor Director of Photography
• Edward Linden Director of Photography

Directing

• Merian C. Cooper Director
• Ernest B. Schoedsack Director

Editing

• Ted Cheesman Editor

Production

• Ernest B. Schoedsack Producer
• Merian C. Cooper Producer
• David O. Selznick Executive Producer
• Walter Daniels Production Assistant
• Archie Marshek Production Assistant

Sound

• Max Steiner Original Music Composer
• Earl A. Wolcott Sound Recordist
• Murray Spivack Sound Effects

Visual Effects

• Willis H. O'Brien Visual Effects

Writing

• Ruth Rose Screenplay
• James Ashmore Creelman Screenplay
• Merian C. Cooper Idea
• Edgar Wallace Idea

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