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.
Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack
new york city
ship
exotic island
island
unsociability
screenplay
movie business
great depression
dinosaur
black and white
pre-code
sea voyage
damsel in distress
empire state building
curious
giant ape
stegosaurus
animal horror
great ape
king kong
amused
gigantism
Rank
#4 in 1933·#2728 overall
Trailer
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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
Ruth Rose
Screenplay
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Vernon L. Walker
Director of Photography
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Producer
David O. Selznick
Executive Producer
Merian C. Cooper
Idea
Edgar Wallace
Idea
Willis H. O'Brien
Visual Effects
Popular Reviews
683 reviews
Robbie deBrucky
9.0★ · 06/29/26
Mmmmmmmm. Monkey…
Mmmmmmmm. Monkey…
William Shatner 2.0
8.0★ · 06/29/26
It’s a classic for a reason.
It’s a classic for a reason.
Max
9.0★ · 06/07/26
movies now: i’m going to make an emotionally deep movie about the mental state of the human species
movies then: hehe, big monkey
movies now: i’m going to make an emotionally deep movie about the mental state of the human species
