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Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.
Ramona the Chimp
- Romona
- (as Ramona the Chimp)
Steve Calvert
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Ray Corrigan
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Jerado Decordovier
- Native Warrior
- (uncredited)
Luigi Faccuito
- Native Warrior
- (uncredited)
Joe Garcio
- Native Warrior
- (uncredited)
Max Reid
- Native Warrior
- (uncredited)
William Wilkerson
- Native Warrior
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn his research and preparation for playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994), the biopic of cult director Edward D. Wood Jr., Martin Landau watched this film three times stunned, saying that it was so bad "it made the Ed Wood films look like Gone with the Wind (1939)".
- GoofsThere are no jungles that have both lions and tigers. In addition, many of the animals mentioned in the prologue would not be found on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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Sammy Petrillo: This looks like Death not only took a holiday, but he got a hangover from taking it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)
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Like most everyone else here I picked this up in the dollar bin. The quality of the DVD wasn't bad at all and if, as I've heard, this picture was produced for only $50,000 then they did a hell of a job. It's slickly shot and at least as well produced as your average Universal B feature. None of which is to deny the fact that the movie stinks. I've heard that when BROOKLYN GORILLA came out the producers took some heat from Martin and Lewis' lawyers and it's easy to see why. The only other time I've seen a comedy team's act so blatantly stolen was yonks ago when an obscure group called the Pickle Brothers tried to pass themselves off as the Marx Brothers, and who the hell even remembers the Pickle brothers? At any rate Sammy Petrillo's Lewis impression is positively eerie, and to be fair he's only slightly more annoying than the original. Duke Mitchell is another matter entirely. He's so constricted he seems in the last stages of terminal stage fright, afraid to move and frequently slurring his lines. He sings the old standard "Deed I Do" in what is supposed to be a sexy croak which actually makes him sound like a sort of hipster Walter Brennan.
On the plus side: one or two funny gags (inluding a grotesque impression by Petrillo of a totem pole) and a very attractive leading lady. And as I said, the producers sure knew how to stretch a buck.
On the plus side: one or two funny gags (inluding a grotesque impression by Petrillo of a totem pole) and a very attractive leading lady. And as I said, the producers sure knew how to stretch a buck.
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- Aug 9, 2006
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- The Boys from Brooklyn
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- $50,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) officially released in Canada in English?
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