Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

1952
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1h 14m

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3.6/10

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Bela Lugosi, Charlita, Ray Corrigan, Martin Garralaga, Duke Mitchell, and Sammy Petrillo in Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

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Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.

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IMDb RATING

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2.7K

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Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

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Bela Lugosi

Dr. Zabor

Duke Mitchell

Duke Mitchell

Sammy Petrillo

Sammy Petrillo

Charlita

Nona

Muriel Landers

Saloma

Al Kikume

Chief Rakos

Mickey Simpson

Chula

Milton Newberger

Bongo - the Witch Doctor

Martin Garralaga

Pepe Bordo…

Ramona the Chimp

Romona
(as Ramona the Chimp)

Steve Calvert

Gorilla
(uncredited)

Ray Corrigan

Gorilla
(uncredited)

Jerado Decordovier

Native Warrior
(uncredited)

Luigi Faccuito

Native Warrior
(uncredited)

Joe Garcio

Native Warrior
(uncredited)

Max Reid

Native Warrior
(uncredited)

William Wilkerson

Native Warrior
(uncredited)

Director
- William Beaudine
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Trivia
In his research and preparation for playing Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood (1994), the biopic of cult director Edward D. Wood Jr., Martin Landau watched this film three times stunned, saying that it was so bad "it made the Ed Wood films look like Gone with the Wind (1939)".

Goofs
There are no jungles that have both lions and tigers. In addition, many of the animals mentioned in the prologue would not be found on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Quotes
Sammy Petrillo: This looks like Death not only took a holiday, but he got a hangover from taking it.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986)

Soundtracks
'Deed I Do
by Walter Hirsch & Fred Rose
Sung by Duke Mitchell (uncredited)

Dracula! Jerry Lewis! Monkeys! Who Can Resist?

BELA LUGOSI MEETS A BROOKLYN GORILLA (3 outta 5 stars) Okay, this is a lousy movie... but it still entertained the heck out of me. It's so unbelievably bad that you cannot take your eyes away for a second lest you miss something. Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo star as... Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Well, it was probably meant more as a rip-off than an homage... but why quibble? Duke Mitchell is a dreadful singer and he hardly even looks like Dean Martin... they could have dragged anyone in off the street and given him that haircut and they'd have been just as good. Petrillo, on the other hand, is a dead-on ringer for a young, lean Jerry Lewis (whether this is good or bad news depends on your tolerance for Jerry Lewis). Bela Lugosi co-stars as a creepy mad doctor who turns people into gorillas.. or whatever. (Don't expect the story to make any sense.) Really, this movie isn't any worse than a lot of those classic buddy comedy movies of the era. The jokes are corny, the plot is silly and there are totally unnecessary musical and romantic subplots. But. come on, you know you are just DYING to see a movie that mixes together Dracula, Jerry Lewis and monkeys!