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  1. The Ape. (1940 film) The Ape is a 1940 American horror film directed by William Nigh. The film is based on Adam Hull Shirk's play The Ape, which was previously adapted by Nigh as The House of Mystery (1934). The film stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Bernard Adrian who is seeking to cure a young woman's polio through experiments involving spinal fluid.

  2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0032215The Ape (1940) - IMDb

    The Ape: Directed by William Nigh. With Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan. Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio.

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    • Horror
    • William Nigh
    • 1940-09-30
  3. One of nine pictures Boris Karloff made in 1940, The Ape is probably not considered one of the crowning achievements in his long career. Yet, as usual, the wonderful actor gave his all to this modest effort, the conclusion to his Monogram contract which was dominated by his Charlie Chan-esque Mr. Wong detective series.

    • William Nigh, Allen Wood
    • Boris Karloff
  4. Jane - Adrian's Housekeeper (as Gertrude W. Hoffman) Henry Hall. ... Sheriff Jeff Halliday. Selmer Jackson. ... Dr. McNulty. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Jessie Arnold.

  5. Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection? William Nigh. Director. Curt Siodmak.

  6. Synopsis. Boris Karloff stars in The Ape as Doctor Bernard Adrian, a medical researcher who has retreated from the scientific world to live in the small town of Red Creek. Dr Adrian is haunted by the deaths of his wife and daughter to paralysis (polio) and since their deaths has been working towards a cure for the condition.

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  8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1001117-apeThe Ape | Rotten Tomatoes

    The Ape (1940) Movie Info Synopsis Dr. Bernard Adrian (Boris Karloff) is researching a way to help a wheelchair-bound patient, Frances (Maris Wrixon), use her legs again.

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    • Horror
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