I really enjoyed this movie as I had only seen it once and that was many years ago.
It stars of course Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo who has a striking resemblence to Jerry Lewis. Martin and Petrillo actually did do a Martin and Lewis skit and were quite popular on stage playing the duo.
The movie takes off with Mitchell and Petrillo parachuting into the jungle and meeting the local tribesmen and the chief's beautiful daughter Nona. They also meet the almost sinister Dr. Zabor (Lugosi) whom Nona works for, and who Dr. Zabor is in love with.
Nona does not share the mad doctor's feelings and falls for Mitchell who then becomes the next target for Zabor's crazy experiments with monkeys and evolution.
The film is hilarious in spots and slow in others. Petrillo keeps the laughs coming when he believes his best friend Mitchell has been turned into an ape by Zabor.
Over all the movie isn't bad but is not one of Bela's better films by far.
I give it 4 Scarecrows just for the comedy relief of Petrillo.
It stars of course Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo who has a striking resemblence to Jerry Lewis. Martin and Petrillo actually did do a Martin and Lewis skit and were quite popular on stage playing the duo.
The movie takes off with Mitchell and Petrillo parachuting into the jungle and meeting the local tribesmen and the chief's beautiful daughter Nona. They also meet the almost sinister Dr. Zabor (Lugosi) whom Nona works for, and who Dr. Zabor is in love with.
Nona does not share the mad doctor's feelings and falls for Mitchell who then becomes the next target for Zabor's crazy experiments with monkeys and evolution.
The film is hilarious in spots and slow in others. Petrillo keeps the laughs coming when he believes his best friend Mitchell has been turned into an ape by Zabor.
Over all the movie isn't bad but is not one of Bela's better films by far.
I give it 4 Scarecrows just for the comedy relief of Petrillo.
