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Synopsis
Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 American black-and-white fantasy film distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and produced by the same creative team responsible for King Kong (1933). The film was produced and directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, and written by Ruth Rose. It stars Robert Armstrong, Terry Moore, and Ben Johnson in his first credited screen role. Animation effects were handled by Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Pete Peterson, and Marcel Delgado. It was released on July 13, 1949, and underperformed at the box office, though reviews were generally positive. In 1950, the film won an Academy Award for special effects.
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Credits
- Producer
- Merian C. Cooper, John Ford
- Director
- Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Screenplay
- Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose
- Director of Photography
- J. Roy Hunt
- Original Music Composer
- Roy Webb
- Country
- United States
- Studios
- RKO Pictures
Box office · USD, worldwide
×1.08return on budget
Cast · 15
Trailer
1:38RKO Radio Pictures. Public domain — from Wikimedia Commons, re-encoded and served from our own storage.
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