The Monster and the Ape

Infobox Film
name = The Monster and the Ape


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director = Howard Bretherton
producer = Rudolph C. Flothow
writer = Royal K. Cole
Sherman L. Lowe
narrator =
starring = Robert Lowery
George Macready
Ralph Morgan
Carole Mathews
music = Lee Zahler
cinematography = L. William O'Connell
editing = Dwight Caldwell
Earl Turner
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = April 20, 1945
runtime = 15 chapters
234 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by = "Brenda Starr, Reporter"
followed_by = "Jungle Raiders"
website =
amg_id = 1:140917
imdb_id = 0037927

"The Monster and the Ape" (1945) was the 26th serial released by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

The Monster of the title is the "Metalogen Man", a robot created by Professor Franklin Arnold. After displaying his invention, the robot is stolen by Professor Ernst with the aid of his trained ape, Thor. Ken Morgan leads the attempts to recover the stolen robot.

Cast

Critical reception

"The Monster and the Ape" was, in the opinion of Cline, "strikingly similar to [Republic Pictures| [Republic's] serial] "Mysterious Doctor Satan"." [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 50
chapter = 3. The Six Faces of Adventure ] However, he describes Professor Ernst as one of "the serial form's...choicest villains." [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 112
chapter = 7. Masters of Menace (The Villains) ]

Chapter titles

# The Mechanical Terror
# The Edge of Doom
# Flames of Fate
# The Fatal Search
# Rocks of Doom
# A Friend in Disguise
# A Scream in the Night
# Death in the Dark
# The Secret Tunnel
# Forty Thousand Volts
# The Mad Professor
# Shadows of Destiny
# The Gorilla at Large
# His Last Flight
# Justice Triumphs_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 240
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

*List of film serials by year
*List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0037927
*amg title|id=1:140917
* [http://www.cinefania.com/movie.php/16680/ Cinefania.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgX-am40OAc YouTube.com Trailer]

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title=Columbia Serial
before="Brenda Starr, Reporter" (1945)
years="The Monster and the Ape" (1945)
after="Jungle Raiders" (1945)