King Kong
King Kong
Release: 1933-03-15
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 7.6
Adventure
Fantasy
Horror
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Robert Armstrong
as Carl Denham
Fay Wray
as Ann Darrow
Bruce Cabot
as Jack Driscoll
Frank Reicher
as Captain Englehorn
Victor Wong
as Ship's Cook Charlie
James Flavin
as Mate Briggs
Sam Hardy
as Charles Weston
Noble Johnson
as Skull Island Native Chief
Steve Clemente
as Skull Island Witch Doctor
Roscoe Ates
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
Merian C. Cooper
as Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Apple Vendor (uncredited)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
as Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)
Harry Strang
as Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)
Bill Williams
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
as Ship's Engineer (uncredited)
James Dime
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Allen Jenkins
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
John Northpole
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Jack Perry
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Dorothy Gulliver
as New York Theatergoer
Carlotta Monti
as New York Theatergoer
Sandra Shaw
as Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window
Louise Emmons
as Old Woman in Line at Mission
Onest Conley
as Warrior (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Native Handmaiden (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe
as Native Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
Merian C. Cooper
Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Vernon L. Walker
Director of Photography
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Camera Operator
Merian C. Cooper
Idea
Edgar Wallace
Idea
Van Nest Polglase
Supervising Art Director
Frank D. Williams
Special Effects Technician
Merian C. Cooper
Story
Edgar Wallace
Story
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Sam Kaufman
Makeup Artist
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects