King Kong

1h 44m

Adventure Fantasy Horror

7.5

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)

Jimmy 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)

Jim Thorpe

Native Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Merian C. Cooper

Director, Producer, Idea

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director, Producer

Ruth Rose

Screenplay

James Ashmore Creelman

Screenplay

Ted Cheesman

Editor

Vernon L. Walker

Director of Photography

J.O. Taylor

Director of Photography

Edward Linden

Director of Photography

David O. Selznick

Executive Producer

Walter Daniels

Production Assistant

Archie Marshek

Production Assistant

Murray Spivack

Sound Effects

Earl A. Wolcott

Sound Recordist

Max Steiner

Original Music Composer

Edgar Wallace

Idea

Carroll Clark

Settings

Alfred Herman

Settings