USA, 1958
78m
35mm film, black and white
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by Adrian Weiss.
Plot Summary
Laura and Dan are newlyweds with a problem – Laura seems to much more interested in Dan’s pet gorilla than in him. Under hypnosis, Laura turns out to have been the Queen of the Gorillas in a previous life.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Adrian Weiss
Copyright MCMLVIII [1958] by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents an Adrian Weiss production
Produced by: Adrian Weiss
Production Supervised by: Louis Weiss
Screen Play by: Edward D. Wood Jr
From a Story by: Adrian Weiss
Assistant Directors: Harry Fraser, Harry Webb
Script Supervisor: Diana Loomis
Director of Photography: Roland Price
Camera Operator: Keith Smith
Ass’t Cameraman: Don Lopez
Gaffer: Bobby Jones
Key Grip: Doty Steele
Film Editor: George Merrick
Ass’t Editor: Samuel Weiss
Music by: Les Baxter
Sound Mixer: Harold Hanks
Sound by: Ryder Sound Services, Inc.
Wardrobe: Adolph Weiss
Miss Austin’s Wardrobe by: Emeson’s Studio City
Makeup: Harry Thomas
Special Effects: George Endler
Production Design: Edward Shiells
Set Dresser: Harry Reif
Prop Man: Monroe Liebgold
Rifles and Trophies by: Weatherby’s
Locations: Bronson Caverns, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA *; Santa Monica, California, USA *
Cast
Charlotte Austin as Laura [Carson Fuller]
Lance Fuller as Dan [Fuller]
Johnny Roth as Taro
the beast
William Justine (Dr [Carl] Reiner)
Jeanne Gerson (Marka)
Gil Frye (Capt. Cameron)
Slick Slavin (soldier)
Bhogwan Singh (native)
Jean Ann Lewis Eve Brent] (stewardess)
Steve Calvert [gorillas] *
Alternative Titles
Queen of the Gorillas
Links
Includes extracts from
Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)
Extracts included in
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
References
Periodicals
- Fangoria October 1994 pp.12-18, 74 – interview with Charlotte Austin (Gorillas in her midst by Tom Weaver)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.112
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena pp.125
- Horror and Science Fiction Films III by Donald C. Willis p.37
- Horrorshows: The A-Z of Horror in Film, TV, Radio and Theatre by Gene Wright p.214 – credits, review
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.47 – credits
