At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
John Kellogg
- Morse
- (as John G. Kellogg)
Gordon Armitage
- Carnival Patron
- (uncredited)
George Barrows
- Goliath the Gorilla
- (uncredited)
John Beradino
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Gordon Carveth
- Carnival Patron
- (uncredited)
Bing Conley
- Carnival Patron
- (uncredited)
Chuck Couch
- Trapeze Act
- (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
- Slim
- (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
- Carnival Patron
- (uncredited)
Kay Garrett
- Carnival Patron
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaBroadcast on network television in the early 1980s with a special promotion from 7/11 convenience stores offering cardboard 3D glasses -- the glasses themselves featured a Scratch-And-Sniff patch that smelled like bananas. Right before the movie started, a host would instruct people at home to adjust the color and contrast settings on their TVs to enhance the 3D effect. The broadcast itself was generally considered a failure because the 3D effect didn't work very well depending on the quality of picture from individual TV manufacturers.
- GoofsWhen practicing the new act, Kovacs lifts Laverne over his head. A cable is clearly visible around Laverne's waist to support her weight. The cable disappears when he puts her down.
- Quotes
Sgt. Garrison: You've always been this alert, Shaughnessy?
Shaughnessy: Always on my toes!
Sgt. Garrison: Well, get off 'em. You're a cop, not a ballet dancer.
- Alternate versionsOriginally released in 3D.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doogie Howser, M.D.: Doogie Got a Gun (1992)
Featured review
Glorious Techicolor
It's not so much that there's more than meets the eye as it is what
does meet the eye that makes this picture worth a look-see.
Sure, if you want to be all serious, then you could easily object to a
rather predictable plot, or some wooden performances (though I'd
have something to say about that), or a delightfully inept gorilla suit
that looks more like an animated swatch of shag carpet (the eyes
are so...human!). You could moan and groan about the film's
portrayal of women, etc., etc. You could call it a bad movie.
But you shouldn't! Firstly, it does offer the sorts of thrills that
B-movie fans relish: the lurid carny life, cartoonish violence,
trapeze artists in skimpy costumes, emotions writ large and
unambiguously (at least ostensibly).
In fact, I'd say that many of the performances are great, not
because they are especially moving or "realistic," but rather,
because the conventions of the genre frame them in such a way
as to be quite effective, and not least of all, gratifying. Anne
Bancroft smolders magnificently as a trapeze artist with quite a
shady past. Raymond Burr's controlling, yet ambiguous carnival
manager never fails to intrigue. Lee Marvin is great as a feckless,
blow-hard police officer. And perhaps most compellingly, there is
Lee J. Cobb, as a no-nonsense, cigar-chomping gumshoe. You
really get a sense of what an entirely watchable performer he is in
this picture, and personally I think he's better here than he is in "On
the Waterfront" (gasp!).
Camp values aside, the technical aspects of the film are
breathtaking. The picture's technicolors blast out of the screen,
aided by 3-D that is so sharply defined and brilliant that you feel
like you are watching some sort of moving ViewMaster reel. A
restored print has recently been struck and you'll be blown away if
you have a chance to see it. I'd say that its use of technicolor and
3-D are perhaps more impressive than even "House of Wax," and
certainly more accomplished than such unnecessarily 3-D'd
features such as "Dial M for Murder" or "Miss Sadie Thompson."
Color, violence, a beautiful girl and a gorilla--and in not one, nor
two, but THREE dimensions. What's not to like?
does meet the eye that makes this picture worth a look-see.
Sure, if you want to be all serious, then you could easily object to a
rather predictable plot, or some wooden performances (though I'd
have something to say about that), or a delightfully inept gorilla suit
that looks more like an animated swatch of shag carpet (the eyes
are so...human!). You could moan and groan about the film's
portrayal of women, etc., etc. You could call it a bad movie.
But you shouldn't! Firstly, it does offer the sorts of thrills that
B-movie fans relish: the lurid carny life, cartoonish violence,
trapeze artists in skimpy costumes, emotions writ large and
unambiguously (at least ostensibly).
In fact, I'd say that many of the performances are great, not
because they are especially moving or "realistic," but rather,
because the conventions of the genre frame them in such a way
as to be quite effective, and not least of all, gratifying. Anne
Bancroft smolders magnificently as a trapeze artist with quite a
shady past. Raymond Burr's controlling, yet ambiguous carnival
manager never fails to intrigue. Lee Marvin is great as a feckless,
blow-hard police officer. And perhaps most compellingly, there is
Lee J. Cobb, as a no-nonsense, cigar-chomping gumshoe. You
really get a sense of what an entirely watchable performer he is in
this picture, and personally I think he's better here than he is in "On
the Waterfront" (gasp!).
Camp values aside, the technical aspects of the film are
breathtaking. The picture's technicolors blast out of the screen,
aided by 3-D that is so sharply defined and brilliant that you feel
like you are watching some sort of moving ViewMaster reel. A
restored print has recently been struck and you'll be blown away if
you have a chance to see it. I'd say that its use of technicolor and
3-D are perhaps more impressive than even "House of Wax," and
certainly more accomplished than such unnecessarily 3-D'd
features such as "Dial M for Murder" or "Miss Sadie Thompson."
Color, violence, a beautiful girl and a gorilla--and in not one, nor
two, but THREE dimensions. What's not to like?
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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