A Monster of Creation's Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
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.
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)
Roy Brent
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Edward Clark
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Harry Cornbleth
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
James Dime
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
George Magrill
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
John Northpole
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Gil Perkins
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jack Perry
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Dorothy Gulliver
New York Theatergoer
Carlotta Monti
New York Theatergoer
Sandra Shaw
Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window
Louise Emmons
Old Woman in Line at Mission
Everett Brown
Native in Ape Costume
Onest Conley
Warrior (uncredited)
Odel Conley
Warrior (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Native Handmaiden (uncredited)
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- Release Date 03/15/1933
- Language English
- Directors Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Writer Leon Gordon
- Editor Ted Cheesman
- Cinematographers Edward Linden, J.O. Taylor, Vernon L. Walker, Kenneth Peach
- Producers Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper, Walter Daniels
- Company RKO Radio Pictures
- Budget $672,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Mar 2, 1933 | Premiere (New York City, New York) | — |
| Netherlands | Mar 15, 1933 | Theatrical (Limited) | 9 |
| United States | Mar 15, 1933 | Theatrical (Baltimore, Maryland) | NR |
| United States | Mar 24, 1933 | Theatrical (Los Angeles, California) | NR |
| United States | Apr 7, 1933 | Theatrical | NR |
| United Kingdom | Apr 17, 1933 | Theatrical (London) | — |
| AR | Apr 27, 1933 | Theatrical | — |
| Brazil | May 26, 1933 | Theatrical | L |
| United Kingdom | Jun 23, 1933 | Theatrical | — |
| Mexico | Jul 27, 1933 | Theatrical | — |
| SE | Sep 8, 1933 | Theatrical | 15 |
| France | Sep 29, 1933 | Theatrical | U |
| HU | Oct 17, 1933 | Theatrical | KN |
| Germany | Dec 1, 1933 | Theatrical | 6 |
| Italy | Dec 2, 1933 | Theatrical | T |
| ID | Oct 22, 1939 | Theatrical | — |
| United Kingdom | Sep 24, 1998 | Theatrical | PG |
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