Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Drive-In Retro Classics: Beasts • Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Entertainers Duke and Sammy (parodying Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) crash the party on remote Pacific island (called Cola-Cola), where they cross paths with indigenous natives, four-legged carnivorous beasts, and the scantily clad daughter of the local chieftan. Sammy and Duke enlist the help of the island’s doctor, Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi), to escape, but Zabor, who is conducting experiments in evolution, has other plans for them.
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM BEAUDINE
UNITED STATES | 1952 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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