Bride of the Gorilla / 1951 / Lon Chaney Jr.
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Bride of the Gorilla is a 1951 horror B-movie film directed by Curt Siodmak and starring Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Barbara Payton and Tom Conway.
Deep in the South American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez (Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife Dina Van Gelder (Payton). However, old native witch Al-Long (Gisela Werbisek) witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. When a wise but superstitious police commissioner Taro (Chaney) is brought in to investigate the plantation owner's death and a rash of strange animal killings, he begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Dina is also becoming suspicious of Barney, who seems to be more in love with the jungle than with her. She follows him one night into the jungle, only to be attacked by the feral Barney. Taro and his friend Dr. Viet (Conway) follow her screams in the jungle and shoot Barney.
Raymond Burr as Barney Chavez
Barbara Payton as Dina Van Gelder
Lon Chaney Jr. as Police Commissioner Taro (credited as Lon Chaney)
Tom Conway as Dr. Viet
Gisela Werbisek as Al-Long (credited as Giselle Werbisek)
Carol Varga as Larina
Paul Cavanagh as Klaas Van Gelder
Paul Maxey as Van Heusen
Woody Strode as Nedo (Policeman)
Felippa Rock as Stella Van Heusen
Moyna MacGill as Mrs. Van Heusen
Steve Calvert as Gorilla (uncredited)
Deep in the South American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez (Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife Dina Van Gelder (Payton). However, old native witch Al-Long (Gisela Werbisek) witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. When a wise but superstitious police commissioner Taro (Chaney) is brought in to investigate the plantation owner's death and a rash of strange animal killings, he begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Dina is also becoming suspicious of Barney, who seems to be more in love with the jungle than with her. She follows him one night into the jungle, only to be attacked by the feral Barney. Taro and his friend Dr. Viet (Conway) follow her screams in the jungle and shoot Barney.
Raymond Burr as Barney Chavez
Barbara Payton as Dina Van Gelder
Lon Chaney Jr. as Police Commissioner Taro (credited as Lon Chaney)
Tom Conway as Dr. Viet
Gisela Werbisek as Al-Long (credited as Giselle Werbisek)
Carol Varga as Larina
Paul Cavanagh as Klaas Van Gelder
Paul Maxey as Van Heusen
Woody Strode as Nedo (Policeman)
Felippa Rock as Stella Van Heusen
Moyna MacGill as Mrs. Van Heusen
Steve Calvert as Gorilla (uncredited)