The Hairy Ape (1944)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir
Release: 1944-07-02
Director: Alfred Santell
Writers: Eugene O’Neill , Robert Hardy Andrews , Decla Dunning
Language: English
Stars: William Bendix , Susan Hayward , John Loder (1898–1988) , Dorothy Comingore , Roman Bohnen , Tom Fadden , Alan Napier (I) (1903–1988) , Charles Cane , Charles La Torre , Rafael Alcayde
Runtime: 92 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
AKA: Den hårede abe (Denmark) , Il diavolo nero (Italy) , Kosmataya obez'yana , La belle et la brute (France, French Republic) , Le Singe velu (Belgium) , Den håriga apan (Sweden) , Pasión salvaje (Peru) , O Grande Bruto (Brazil) , Karvainen apina (Finland) , Pasión salvaje (Argentina) , The Hairy Ape (Australia) , Косматата маймуна (Bulgaria) , Pasión salvaje (Spain) , Pasión salvaje (Colombia) , The Hairy Ape (Canada) , Macaco Peludo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Gorila păroasă (Romania) , The Hairy Ape (United States of America) , The Hairy Ape (New Zealand) , El gran bruto (Mexico) , Косматая обезьяна , The Hairy Ape , Pasión salvaje (Venezuela) , Pasión salvaje (Chile) , The Hairy Ape (United Kingdom) , Le singe velu (France, French Republic)
Plot: Hank Smith, a brutish stoker on board a freighter, is appalled when Mildred Douglas, a society girl forced by circumstance to travel as a passenger, visits the stokehold and recoils at the filthy, sweating Hank. A powerhouse of a man with a primitive confidence, Hank has never been looked down on before nor suffered the insult "hairy ape" flung at him by the rich girl. At first he seeks vengeance for the insult, but broods over it until more than anything, he desires to understand it. When the ship reaches port, he seeks her out in her upper class surroundings, determined to grasp the meaning of the encounter.
IMDB:tt0036892