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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.
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. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum.
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- Horror
- William Nigh
- 1940-09-30
Aug 30, 2010 · The movie gives absolutely no reason whatsoever for the doc dressing up in the costume. The ape was already dead and he didn't want the sheriff nosing around, but does everything to keep him doing just that.
Dec 31, 2014 · Boris Karloff stars Dr Bernard Adrian, who dons an ape skin and begins murdering people so that he can steal their spinal fluids. You can find out more about The Ape at A Passion for Horror.
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?
Dorothy Vaughan. Mother Clifford. Henry Hall. Sheriff Jeff Halliday. Watchlist. Dr. Bernard Adrian (Boris Karloff) is researching a way to help a wheelchair-bound patient, Frances...
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Requiring more fluid to effect Frances' cure, the doctor finds the solution to his problem in the rampaging ape that has escaped from the circus and is terrorizing the town. When the ape breaks into the doctor's house, he slays the beast and dons its skin.
