King Kong (1933)

Movie Details

Original Title King Kong

Original Language EN

Budget $672,000

Revenue $10,001,781

Status Released

Popularity 3.2

Cast

Robert Armstrong

Carl Denham

Popularity: 2.9

Fay Wray

Ann Darrow

Popularity: 1.3

Bruce Cabot

Jack Driscoll

Popularity: 0.7

Frank Reicher

Captain Englehorn

Popularity: 1.1

Victor Wong

Ship's Cook Charlie

Popularity: 1.7

James Flavin

Mate Briggs

Popularity: 2.6

Sam Hardy

Charles Weston

Popularity: 1.6

Noble Johnson

Skull Island Native Chief

Popularity: 2.6

Steve Clemente

Skull Island Witch Doctor

Popularity: 1.4

Roscoe Ates

Press Photographer (uncredited)

Popularity: 2.3

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Merian C. Cooper

Pilot of Plane that Kills Kong (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.6

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Frances Curry

Intended Sacrificial Bride for Kong (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.4

Key Crew

Director Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Screenplay James Ashmore Creelman, Ruth Rose

Executive Producer David O. Selznick

Producer Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Walter Daniels

Editor Ted Cheesman

Writer Leon Gordon

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Kong Breaks Loose | Empire State Building FULL SCENE

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King Kong (1933) - The Bride of Kong Scene (1/10) | Movieclips

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Trailer

Cameras Rolling On Kong

Featurette

King Kong Trailer (1933)

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

tmdb27219454 10/10

Aug 2, 2019

In watching this movie, and I'm talking about actually scrutinizing it intently, I was shocked at the amount and the extremity of the violence that was in the picture. Natives were being bitten, swallowed and purposely stepped upon by Kong. The sailors were chased, trampled and eaten by the dinosaur ... Read more

CinemaSerf 8/10

Jun 13, 2022

Shown recently by the BBC and wow, how fantastically this has stood the test of time. I can see why there have been so many remakes of this iconic tale of ambition, power and true love but none that shine a candle to this - even after over 80 years. Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray do their bit as the ... Read more

GenerationofSwine 10/10

Jan 10, 2023

So this is the bar, and this is the reason that people don't like any of the remakes... except the 2005 remake, people don't like that because it stinks. But this shot for the moon. It promised the audience a giant ape, it gave the audience a giant ape... and a sort of love story that was really ... Read more