The original and still the best of the great ape series. On a mysterious and dangerous island, a film producer captures a giant ape and brings him back to New York in the hopes of capitalizing on his prize. But the imprisoned ape, known as Kong, has the hots for screen beauty Fay Wray and escapes in pursuit of her. Before his famous and tragic fall from the Empire State Building, he wreaks havoc on the city. A classic beauty and the beast story that features some of the finest stop-motion effects ever filmed. Recently selected as one of the top 50 American films of all time by the prestigious American Film Institute and inducted into the Library of Congress National Film Registry. Co-starring Robert Armstrong and Bruce Cabot.

• 1 hr 45 min
• Directed by

  Merian C. Cooper

  ,

  Ernest B. Schoedsack
• Written by James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose

• Starring

  Fay Wray

  ,

  Robert Armstrong

  ,

  Bruce Cabot

  ,

  Frank Reicher

  ,

  Sam Hardy

  ,

  Noble Johnson

  ,

  James Flavin

  ,

  Steve Clemento

  ,

  Roscoe Ates

  ,

  Reginald Barlow

  ,

  Dick Curtis

  ,

  Dorothy Gulliver

  ,

  Vera Lewis

  ,

  Le Roy Mason

  ,

  Gil Perkins

  ,

  Paul Porcasi

  ,

  Russell Powell

  ,

  Mme. Sul Te Wan

  ,

  Victor Wong