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The Gorilla is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Alfred Santell released in USA on 13 november 1927 with Charles Murray
The Gorilla (1927)
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Add to a movie listThe Gorilla is a 1927 American silent horror film directed by Alfred Santell based on the play The Gorilla by Ralph Spence. The film stars Charles Murray, Fred Kelsey, and Walter Pidgeon.
The plot of the film revolves around a series of murders committed by a man in an ape suit. The film was remade with sound in 1930 (The Gorilla) and 1939 (The Gorilla).
It was an early production of Edward Small.
Actors
Charles Murray
(Garrity)
Fred Kelsey
(Mulligan)
Alice Day
(Alice Townsend)
Tully Marshall
(William Townsend)
Walter Pidgeon
(Stevens)
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