“Gorilla? Gorilla. G-O-R– G, G, Gee! oh! oh! G-Oh!  Gorilla? Did you, did you-oo-oo-oo…did you say gorilla?” So, you’re saying, crazy or not? Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Chad Hunt, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they discuss The Gorilla(1939), a comedy-horror vehicle for the Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Patsy Kelly, and Lionel Atwill.

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era
Episode 182 – The Gorilla (1939)

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After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.

• Directed by: Allan Dwan
• Writing Credits: Rian James & Sid Silvers; (from a play by) Ralph Spence
• Selected Cast:
  • The Ritz Brothers as Defective Detectives
  • Jimmy Ritz as Garrity
  • Harry Ritz as Harrigan
  • Al Ritz as Mulligan
  • Anita Louise as Norma Denby
  • Patsy Kelly as Kitty
  • Lionel Atwill as Walter Stevens
  • Bela Lugosi as Peters
  • Joseph Calleia as Stranger
  • Edward Norris as Jack Marsden
  • Wally Vernon as Seaman
  • Paul Harvey as A.P. Conway
  • Art Miles as Poe the Gorilla

The gorilla did it! But was it the murderer nicknamed The Gorilla or the real gorilla named Poe? Those who watched the movie probably still don’t know. Featuring the Ritz Brothers and Bela Lugosi, The Gorilla (1939) is a fun, old dark house flick that puts Lugosi’s fame and the Ritz Brothers’ slapstick to good use. The energetic & hilarious Patsy Kelly and the always-effective Lionel Atwill round out the cast. If you don’t know who the Ritz Brothers are, you owe it to yourself to check out The Gorilla. Not because it’s a great movie, but because the Ritz Brothers had a sizable influence on modern comedy. Besides, it is a lot of fun. If there are any Ritz Brothers fans out there, please chime in!

At the time of this writing, The Gorilla is available to stream from Amazon Prime, Tubi, Plex, and PPV on Flix Fling.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule – this one chosen by Doc – is The Raven (1963), one of Roger Corman’s and Richard Matheson’s Poe collaborations featuring Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess, and Jack Nicholson! Why has it taken the Grue Crew so long to get to this gem? They were just biding their time until Doc picked it. Woot!

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