Additional information for Mighty Joe Young, which has a domestic theatrical release set for July 27, 1949. The film is being distributed by Warner Bros Pictures and has not yet been rated. Mighty Joe Young has a total running time of 94 minutes.
K-12
Finland
15
Sweden
L
Iceland
PG
Canada
12
West Germany
94min
El gran gorila
Argentina
El gran gorila
Mexico
El gran gorila
Spain
O Monstro do Mundo Proibido
Brazil
O Monstro do Mundo Proibido
Brazil
Panik um King Kong
Germany
Panik um King Kong
West Germany
Afrikan aave
Finland
El gran goril.la
Spain
Fantomen från Afrika
Sweden
Il re dell'Africa
Italy
Joe de onverschrokkene
Belgium
Joe l'invincible
Belgium
Joe, az óriásgorilla
Hungary
Joe, o tromeros
Greece
Monsieur Joe
France
Monstro de um Mundo Perdido
Brazil
Mr. Joseph Young of Africa
O Gigante Africano
Portugal
July 27, 1949
USA
August 29, 1949
Sweden
September 23, 1949
Brazil
November 08, 1949
Portugal
January 13, 1950
France
January 20, 1950
Finland
January 21, 1950
Mexico
September 01, 1950
West Germany
January 17, 1952
Japan
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In Africa, the girl Jill Young trades a baby gorilla with two natives and raises the animal. Twelve years later, the talkative and persuasive promoter Max O'Hara organizes a safari to ... See full summary
Seven-year-old Jill Young is a lonely little girl living on her fathers farm in Africa. One day she barters for a pet/friend: a baby gorilla carried by two African natives. Twelve years later, a New York nightclub entrepreneur, Max OHara, plans to open an African-themed nightclub in Hollywood. Gregg Johnson, a champion roper from Oklahoma, whose rodeo just closed locally, visits to ask to go to Africa with OHara, who agrees, having come up with the idea of having the cowboy lasso lions.
In Africa, OHaras encampment is close to the Young farm. The gorilla, now grown, sees the strangers, who decide to rope him (although the local agent, Crawford, tells them You cant rope a gorilla!) A wild-and-wooly Western style scene ensues, with cowboys and horses converging on Joe, who breaks the ropes like wet mop strings! He captures OHara just as Jill, now nineteen, shows up. OHara recovers in time to see Jill command and Joe obeyand OHara is stunned. He tracks Jill down and convinces her to come to Hollywood with Joe to star in his nightclub, commanding Joe as Jill the Jungle Queen.
As OHara predicted, the opening night is a resounding success. The opening act consists of Jill playing Beautiful DreamerJoes favorite tuneon a fancy grand piano, while Joe lifts a platform holding Jill, piano, and all! His next strong-ape feat is a tug-of-war with ten real-life strongmen, including Killer Karl Davis, Man Mountain Dean, the Swedish Angel, and ex-boxer Primo Carnera, whom Joe throws into the audience!
But the novelty wears off. Joe must live in a somber gray cage in the basement. He loses his appetite; so does Jill. Ten weeks follow; Jill cries on Greggs shoulder (It seems like ten years!) She decides to quit; OHara talks her out of it.
Seven more weeks pass. An organ-grinder act turns out to be a bad idea. Three drunks sneak backstage and ply Joe with liquor; one (Nestor Paiva) also touches a lighted cigarette to Joes bare skin and Joe loses control, and wrecks the place. A court orders him shot. OHara cooks up a plan, and the remainder of the movie is a thrilling chase scene beginning when OHara plays sick so the guard has to leave his post, allowing Jill to free Joe. They sneak him into a moving van, and almost get away when a transient worker/tramp sees Joe in the van. He tells this at the police station, and the cops are almost on the vans heels when they transfer Joe to a truck. OHara delays the police in the van. The truck continues, and, in the climax, approaches a burning orphanage. Jill and Greggusing his roping expertiserescue two more children hiding in a closet inside. Last of all, Joe himself climbs a tree to rescue a little girl trapped on a parapet, and when the tree he clings to burns he falls with it almost to the ground. Jill approaches the exhausted, bruised Joe, and an unidentified male voice assures her, Nobody in the world is gonna shoot Joe now!
The epilog shows OHara back in New York, months later. Windy shows him a film the agent, Crawford, took of Gregg and Jilland Joe. OHara says, Theyre back in Africa where they belong. Goodbye from Joe Young. dougm90248@aol.com
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Director(s)
Merian C. Cooper
Ruth Rose
Writer(s)
Merian C. Cooper
producer
John Ford
executive producer
Producer(s)
Roy Webb
Composer(s)
Jill Young
Terry Moore
Gregg
Ben Johnson
Max O'Hara
Robert Armstrong
Windy
Frank McHugh
Jones
Douglas Fowley
Crawford
Denis Green
Smith
Paul Guilfoyle
Brown
Nestor Paiva
John Young
Regis Toomey
Jill Young, as a Girl
Lora Lee Michel
Schultz
James Flavin
Old Woman (unconfirmed)
Mary Gordon
Gloria (uncredited)
Iris Adrian
Diner Customer (uncredited)
Bobby Barber
Cigarette Girl (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Strongman (uncredited)
Ian Batchelor
Girl (uncredited)
Sharon Bell
Nurse (uncredited)
Luella Bickmore
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Costume Designer (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Producer (uncredited)
James Burke
Strongman (uncredited)
Primo Carnera
Nurse (uncredited)
Kay Christopher
McManus - Police Guard Moran (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
Deputy (uncredited)
Russ Clark
Doctor (uncredited)
Chester Clute
Alice (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Conroy
Girl (uncredited)
Carol Coombs
Nurse at Orphanage (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
First Man at Bar (uncredited)
James Craven
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
Jacqueline Dalya
Strongman (uncredited)
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Strongman (uncredited)
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Strongman (uncredited)
Man Mountain Dean
Reporter (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
First Bartender (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Cowboy (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
O'Hara's Secretary (uncredited)
Mary Field
Director(s)
Ruth Rose
Writer(s)
producer
John Ford
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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