King Kong

1h 44m

Adventure Fantasy Horror

7.6

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.

Cast

Robert Armstrong

Captain Englehorn

Ship's Cook Charlie

Skull Island Native Chief

Skull Island Witch Doctor

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Merian C. Cooper

Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (uncredited)

Apple Vendor (uncredited)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Machine-Gunner on Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)

Theatre Usher (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Reginald Barlow

Ship's Engineer (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Harry Cornbleth

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Blackie Whiteford

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Dorothy Gulliver

New York Theatergoer

New York Theatergoer

Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window

Old Woman in Line at Mission

Native in Ape Costume

Warrior (uncredited)

Warrior (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Native Handmaiden (uncredited)

Native Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Merian C. Cooper

Director, Story, Producer, Idea

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Director, Producer, Camera Operator

James Ashmore Creelman

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Vernon L. Walker

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Assistant Director

Assistant Director, Producer

Assistant Director

Additional Storyboarding

David O. Selznick

Executive Producer

Production Design, Art Direction, Settings

First Assistant "A" Camera

William H. Clothier

First Assistant "B" Camera

Fred Schuessler

Walter Plunkett

Makeup Supervisor

Van Nest Polglase

Supervising Art Director

Sound Designer, Sound Effects

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sound Recordist

Earl A. Wolcott

Sound Recordist

Richard Van Hessen

Harold E. Stine

Frank D. Williams

Special Effects Technician

Harry Redmond Jr.

Special Effects

Harry Redmond Sr.

Special Effects

Willis H. O'Brien

Original Music Composer

Ernest Bachrach

Still Photographer

Script Supervisor

George Marquenie

Best Boy Electric

Paint Coordinator

Property Master

Art Direction, Settings