Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.9/10   

Director:

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Escritores:

Merian C. Cooper (story)
Ruth Rose (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 agosto 1949 (Sweden)

Género:

Aventura | Fantasía | Drama

Frase comercial:

Ten Terrific Thrills !

Plot:

Jill Young has brought up her pet gorilla since she was a child. Twelve years later, when the gorilla is fully grown...

Plot Keywords:

Gorilla | Hollywood | Africa | Wrestler | Heroism

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An under rated gorilla movie.

Reparto

Terry Moore	...	Jill Young
Ben Johnson	...	Gregg
Robert Armstrong	...	Max O'Hara
Frank McHugh	...	Windy
Douglas Fowley	...	Jones
Denis Green	...	Crawford
Paul Guilfoyle	...	Smith
Nestor Paiva	...	Brown
Regis Toomey	...	John Young
Lora Lee Michel	...	Jill Young, as a Girl
James Flavin	...	Schultz
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Mary Gordon	...	Old Woman (unconfirmed)

También conocida como:

Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
El gran gorila (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min | USA:84 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Swahili

Color:

Negro y Blanco (Sepiatone) (some sequences) | Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Argosy Pictures

Trivialidades:

A sequel called "Joe Meets Tarzan" was planned in 1950 and would have had Mighty Joe Young team up with Tarzan, played by Lex Barker, who had just filmed "Tarzan And The Slave Girl" that same year. The film was canceled due to the disappointing box office of "Mighty Joe Young".

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Wires visible when Joe throws down the piano.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in George of the Jungle 2 (2003) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

Beautiful Dreamer

An under rated gorilla movie.

Story line similar to KING KONG, but much better than SON OF KONG. Special effects were top notch for the late 40s. A young girl, Jill Young, makes friends with a small gorilla and names him Joe. After Joe is grown, he is taken from Africa to America by a Hollywood promoter. Mighty Joe Young is a featured attraction until he is ordered to be shot because of some bad conduct.

A scheme is devised to get Joe out of the country and back to his homeland. Enroute to escaping, Joe becomes a hero by saving children in a fire.

Joe's antics during the escape are quite humorous. This is really a neat film to watch again. Young and old can't help but enjoy this.

Jill is played by the beautiful Terry Moore. The rest of the cast is solid and well acted; Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson, Frank McHugh and Regis Toomey.