Konga
Dr. Decker comes back from Africa. During one year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee and he decides to use his chimp, Konga, to get rid of them.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 1961
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1961
Storyline
Dr. Decker comes back from Africa. During one year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee and he decides to use his chimp, Konga, to get rid of them.
Top credits
Michael Gough — Dr. Charles Decker- Margo Johns — Margaret
Jess Conrad — Bob Kenton
Claire Gordon — Sandra Banks
Did you know
• The film's producer, Herman Cohen, first considered using "ape" actor Steve Calvert, who had previously worked with Cohen on the films Bride of the Gorilla (1951) and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952), but Calvert had long since retired from performing in his gorilla suit. Cohen turned to another renowned "ape" actor, George Barrows, but he only hired Barrows' gorilla suit, not Barrows himself. The actor Paul Stockman was instead chosen, based primarily on his being a good fit for Barrows' suit. Barrows was understandably annoyed when his gorilla suit was returned to him from England in horrible shape.
• This film's working title was "I Was A Teenage Gorilla".
• Jess Conrad was scheduled to sing a song in the film, but it was cut (he mentioned this in an interview on BBC's Episode dated 24 May 2017 (2017), when a piece was done on the film).
User reviews
Endearingly awful - but with an great music score!
Bad but good, if you know what I mean.
"Leave Me - I Want To Be Alone With Konga!"
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
- Color
- Color
