Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla is a 1952 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring horror veteran Bela Lugosi.
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[edit] Plot
Two actors Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who have a similar routine to that of Martin and Lewis, are lost on an island known by the natives as Kola-Kola. Though they find the inhabitants friendly, they soon find that a mad scientist named Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi) lives on the island. When Duke falls for Mona, the tribal chief's daughter, jealous Dr. Zabor plans to literally make a monkey out of Mitchell.
[edit] Trivia
- This film made number 24 on the DVD documentary The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made's list.
- Produced to cash in on the distributors' success in re-issuing classic horror films.
- Although Mitchell and Petrillo base their act on Martin and Lewis, the movie is patterned after Road to Bali, with actress Charlita made up to resemble Dorothy Lamour.
- Gorilla #2 was played by an uncredited Ray "Crash" Corrigan.
- "Ramona the chimp" is played by the chimpanzee Cheeta from the RKO Tarzan series.
[edit] Cast
- Bela Lugosi (Dr. Zabor/Himself)
- Sammy Petrillo (Himself)
- Duke Mitchell (Himself)
- Charlita (Nona)
- Muriel Landers (Saloma)
- Al Kikume (Chief Rakos)
- Mickey Simpson (Manservant Chula)
- Milton Newberger (Bongo the witch-doctor)
- Martin Garralaga (Pepe Bordo/Waiter)
- Steve Calvert (Gorilla #1, uncredited)
- Cheeta (Ramona the Chimp)
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan (Gorilla #2, uncredited)
[edit] External links
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- Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla at the Internet Movie Database
- Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla's trailer from the Internet Archive.
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