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Review 1DiscussionA review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
Lionel Atwill is the wealthy "Walter Stephens" whose life has been threatened by the sinister "Gorilla". To thwart this, he engages the services of the "Defective Detectives" (Jimmy, Harry & Al Ritz) and what ensues is a slapstick horror movie with a man in a gorilla suit (or, could it be an actual ape?) and some pretty corny set piece comedy sketches strung together around Atwill and a rather under-used Bela Lugosi ("Peters"). Much of the plot is just gibberish, but the detectives have a good time, and that brings a limited amount of charm as they haplessly go about their deducing - and it isn...
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Keywords
- gorilla
- detective
- slapstick comedy
- mansion
- ape
- private detective
- ape man
- comedy troupe