1940 · 62 min · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
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?
Directed by William Nigh. Starring Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan and Henry Hall.
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