---
title: 'The Ape (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Nigh'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 62
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ape-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032215/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Ape (1940)

1940 · 62 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Ape is a 1940 American horror film directed by William Nigh. The film is based on Adam Hull Shirk's play The Ape, which was previously adapted by Nigh as The House of Mystery (1934). The film stars Boris Karloff as Dr. Bernard Adrian who is seeking to cure a young woman's polio through experiments involving spinal fluid. Meanwhile, a vicious ape has been terrorizing the towns locals, and ends up breaking into Adrian's lab. A battle ensues between the two, leading to the ape’s death, the destruction of Adrian’s spinal fluid samples, and Adrian deciding to skin the ape and disguise himself as the beast in order to kill people to get more spinal fluid.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Nigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-nigh)
- **Producer:** [William Nigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-nigh)
- **Screenplay:** [Curt Siodmak](https://cinepixo.com/people/curt-siodmak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward J. Kay](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-j-kay)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-neumann)

## Cast

- [George Cleveland](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cleveland)
- [Ray Corrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-corrigan)
- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff)

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