Plot
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)
Crew
Merian C. Cooper
Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Vernon L. Walker
Director of Photography
J.O. Taylor
Director of Photography
Edward Linden
Director of Photography
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
James Ashmore Creelman
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