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    The Ape Man is a 1943 American horror film directed by William Beaudine. [3] The film is based on "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown, which was published in The Saturday Evening Post . It stars Bela Lugosi as Dr. James Brewster who is aided by his colleague Dr. Randall (Henry Hall).

  2. A low-budget horror film about a scientist who transforms himself into a half ape, half human creature and seeks human spinal fluid to cure himself. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1943 movie.

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    • Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
    • William Beaudine
    • 1943-03-05
  3. Watch The Ape Man (1943) Full Movie on The Film Detective. This campy yet compelling horror classic stars none other than the legendary Bela Lugosi as Dr. Ja...

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  4. Dr. George Randall. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Advertise With Us. A doctor (Bela Lugosi) injects himself with ape fluid and turns hairy; he needs human fluid to turn back.

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    • Bela Lugosi
    • William Beaudine
    • Banner Productions Inc.
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    Dr. James Brewster and his colleague Dr. Randall are involved in a series of scientific experiments which have caused Brewster to transform into an ape-man. In an attempt to obtain a cure, Brewster must inject himself with recently drawn human spinal fluid. Reporter Jeff Carter and photographer Billie Mason are on assignment initially suggested by ...

    Louise Currie as Billie Mason
    Wallace Ford as Jeff Carter
    Henry Hall as Dr. George Randall

    The film was initially announced as The Gorilla Strikes on November 4, 1942. The Ape Man was based off of "They Creep in the Dark" by Karl Brown that was published in The Saturday Evening Post. Brown had previously written scripts for Boris Karloff films for Columbia Pictures, such as The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) and The Man With Nine Lives(1...

    The Ape Man was released on March 19, 1943. It was distributed by Monogram Pictures Corp. In the United Kingdom, the film was released as Lock Your Doors. In 1950, the film was screened under the title They Creep in the Dark. Monogram later released the film Return of the Ape Man in 1944 and marketed it as the "shock-sequel". Historian Tom Weaver n...

    From contemporary reviews, a review in Variety stated The Ape Man was "good for laughs which aren't in the script". The Daily News also commented on the script declaring that "Monogram's writer didn't have to wipe the dust off of Bela Lugosi's Ape Man, he had to rake the mould off." The Hollywood Reporter declared Lugosi's make-up in the film "horr...

  5. A crazed scientist accidentally turns himself into a half ape, half human creature, and scrambles to find a cure. Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster, aided by his colleague Dr. Randall, has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man.

  6. Oct 23, 2015 · William Beaudine directs and Bela Lugosi stars in this cheapie horror that finds Lugosi as a mad scientist who has transformed himself into an ape man hybrid. Cue more mad science as Lugosi and his pet gorilla go on a killing spree in search of the spinal fluid that may cure Lugosi of his ills...