King Kong

1933 PG-13 1h 44m

7.6 /10

1.6K

Genre

Adventure Fantasy Horror

Plot

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

Director

Merian C. Cooper

Writers

Ruth Rose James Ashmore Creelman Merian C. Cooper

Stars

Robert Armstrong Fay Wray Bruce Cabot

Cast & Crew

Skull Island Native Chief

Steve Clemente

Skull Island Witch Doctor

Roscoe Ates

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Merian C. Cooper

Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

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Frances Curry

Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Apple Vendor (uncredited)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Harry Strang

Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)

Bill Williams

Theatre Usher (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Ship's Engineer (uncredited)

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Roy Brent

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

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Edward Clark

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

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Harry Cornbleth

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Allen Jenkins

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

George Magrill

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

John Northpole

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Gil Perkins

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Jack Perry

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Sailor Vincent

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window

Louise Emmons

Old Woman in Line at Mission

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Everett Brown

Native in Ape Costume

Native Handmaiden (uncredited)

Jim Thorpe

Native Dancer (uncredited)

User Reviews

Dr_Nostromo

17 Mar 2026

77/100 Giant ape on isolated island brought back to NYC. Chaos ensues. I've seen clips and have heard about this film my entire life but I've never...

GenerationofSwine

10 Jan 2023

So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stin...

Geronimo1967

13 Jun 2022

Shown recently by the BBC and wow, how fantastically this has stood the test of time. I can see why there have been so many remakes of this iconic tal...

tmdb27219454

2 Aug 2019

In watching this movie, and I'm talking about actually scrutinizing it intently, I was shocked at the amount and the extremity of the violence that wa...