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  • King Kong (1933)
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    100 min | Adventure, Horror
King Kong (1933)
Passed
100 min | Adventure, Horror

A film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.
Writers
James Ashmore Creelman (screen play) (as James Creelman) | Ruth Rose (screen play) | Merian C. Cooper (from an idea conceived by) | Edgar Wallace (from an idea conceived by)
Composer
Cinematographers
Edward Linden (photographed by) (as Eddie Linden) | J.O. Taylor (photographed by) | Vernon L. Walker (photographed by) (as Vernon Walker)
Editor
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Release date
Apr 7, 1933 (United States)

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Fay Wray
Ann Darrow Ann Darrow   See fewer
Robert Armstrong
Carl Denham Carl Denham   See fewer
Bruce Cabot
Jack Driscoll Jack Driscoll   See fewer
Frank Reicher
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Sam Hardy
Charles Weston Charles Weston   See fewer
Noble Johnson
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Steve Clemente
Witch King (as Steve Clemento) Witch King (as Steve Clemento)   See fewer
James Flavin
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Walter Ackerman
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James Adamson
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Van Alder
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Ed Allen
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Etta Mae Allen
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Frank Angel
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Roscoe Ates
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Ralph Bard
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Reginald Barlow
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Leo Beard
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Fred Behrle
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Jack Best
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Johnnie Bland
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Eddie Boland
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Harry Bowen
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John Brakins
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Lynton Brent
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Roy Brent
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Everett Brown
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Betty Burns
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Barney Capehart
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Jack Chapin
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Harry Claremont
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Edward Clark
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Eddie Clayton
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Chick Collins
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Odel Conley
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Onest Conley
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Merian C. Cooper
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Harry Cornbleth
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Kathryn Curry
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Nathan Curry
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Dick Curtis
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Bill Dagwell
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George Daly
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Ruby Dandridge
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Vivian Dandridge
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John Davis
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Joe Dill
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Jimmy Dime
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Fanny Donahue
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Jean Doran
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Walter Downing
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Florence Dudley
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Tex Duffy
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William Dunn
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William Duran
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Peter Duray
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Harry Duval
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Earl Dwire
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Ralph Easton
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Oliver Eckhardt
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Louise Emmons
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Shorty English
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Frank Fanning
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Jean Fenwick
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Bill Fisher
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Larry Fisher
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Arthur J. Flaven
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Joe Flourney
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Betty Gale
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Jack Gallagher
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Bob Galloway
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Evelyn Garrison
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Harold Garrison
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Frank Gerritty
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June Gittelson
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Arnold Gray
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Duke Green
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Lawrence Green
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Dorothy Gulliver
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Charles Haefeli
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Charlie Hall
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Pat Harmon
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James Harrison
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Eddie Hart
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Lew Harvey
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Etta Mae Henry
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Irene Henry
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Tex Higginson
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Earl 'Hap' Hogan
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Jimmy James
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Al Knight
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Walter Knox
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Ethan Laidlaw
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Sam Levine
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Vera Lewis
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Timothy J. Lonergan
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George Magrill
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Joe Smith Marba
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Henry Martin
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Buddy Mason
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LeRoy Mason
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Richie McCarew
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Etta McDaniel
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Al McDonald
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Larry McGrath
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Frank Meredith
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Frank Mills
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Dusty Mitchell
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King Mojave
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Carlotta Monti
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Harry Mount
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Almeta Muse
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Alice Nichols
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Nim Nixon
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John Northpole
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Skeets Noyes
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G. Raymond Nye
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Frank O'Connor
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Paddy O'Flynn
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Bert O'Malley
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Edward Patrick
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Gil Perkins
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Lee Phelps
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Alexander Pollard
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Allen Pomeroy
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Paul Porcasi
Apple Vendor (uncredited) Apple Vendor (uncredited)   See fewer
Mahlon Potts
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Malcolm Potts
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Russ Powell
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A.J. Prather
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Jack Pratt
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Tom Quinn
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T.J. Rankin
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Eddy Reed
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Gus Robinson
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Edwin Rochelle
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Russ Rogers
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Jack Saunders
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Russell Saunders
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Syd Saylor
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Ernest B. Schoedsack
Machine-Gunner on Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited) Machine-Gunner on Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles Sewell
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Floyd Shackelford
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Tony Shelly
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Katherine Sparks
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Edward Stevens
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Roy Stewart
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Harry Strang
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Harry Tenbrook
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Blue Washington
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