Movie
King Kong Escapes
Overview
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Details
- Release date
- 1967-07-22
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- TOHO, Rankin/Bass Productions, Tokyo Laboratory
- Country
- Japan, United States of America
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Akira Takarada as Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
- Mie Hama as Madame Piranha
- Rhodes Reason as Commander Carl Nelson
- Linda Miller as Lieutenant Susan Watson
- Hideyo Amamoto as Dr. Who
- Yoshibumi Tajima as Henchman
- Sachio Sakai as Henchman
- Ryuji Kita as SDF General
- Ikio Sawamura as Native
- Nadao Kirino as Henchman
- Shōichi Hirose as Henchman
- Kazuo Suzuki as Henchman
Crew
- Ishirō Honda - Director
- Takeshi Kimura - Screenplay
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