the ape 1943 the ape 4 cacevar 2005-10-27 10:26:55 2005-10-27 10:26:55 Low-budget 'Monogram Pictures' film featuring Boris Karloff as a scientist (of questionable sanity and methods) experimenting with a cure for spinal disease. Worth watching for Karloff's fans. The Ape 3 GinoFelino 2006-01-31 07:17:41 2006-01-31 07:17:41 The Ape presents the standard tale of a ethically challenged physician searching for the cure to a crippling, deadly disease. His 25-year single-minded quest, exacerbated by the loss of his daughter and wife to the 'paralysis' (resembling polio, though never named), drives him to murder for the key ingredient to a cure. A killer ape, escaped from a circus, invades his home. He kills it and disguises himself as the ape, which is his eventual undoing, in order to hunt his victim. Good performances, a few laughs, the Jekyll and Hyde metaphor and an unusual ending with a questionable moral make this a film worth watching. I downloaded and watched the 256Kb MPEG4 file. The video was OK, but the audio hissed throughout. I liked it 3 billbarstad 2006-02-01 13:56:03 2006-02-01 13:56:03 from IMDB: Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly mad scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs spinal fluid from a human to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing townspeople. -Written by Marty McKee {mmckee@wkio.com} IMDB-Variety: Plot Summary carla_ 2008-02-03 23:25:32 2008-02-03 23:25:32 2 Jump to the scene where Karloff demonstrates his theories to a suspicious investigator by showing him two guinea pigs that he sets on the table. Keep your eye on the one on the right! All in all, this is a good little picture, with Karloff in typically fine form as the well-meaning, sympathetic scientist driven to dark deeds by circumstances and coincidences beyond his control. Stunt Guinea Pig! Rex Saigon 2009-07-25 05:46:19 2009-07-25 05:46:19 4 5 3.20