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King Kong

King Kong

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 15, 1933

Runtime

1h 44m

Genres

Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

User Score

76%

Original Title

King Kong

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Merian C. Cooper

Budget

$672,000

Revenue

$10,000,000

Description

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.