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Monster Movie! Mighty Joe Young

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Terry Moore
Robert Armstrong and ' Joseph Young '
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young is allowed to adopt a baby gorilla, despite her father's misgivings. Years later only Jill is able to control the giant-sized creature, now known as ' Mighty Joe Young '.
A group of New York showmen take Joe to America, but things go disastrously wrong when the gorilla is tormented and runs amok in the night club where he is the star attraction ...
Screenplay by RUTH ROSE from an original story by MERIAN C. COOPER Produced by JOHN FORD and MERIAN C. COOPER
Directed by ERNEST B. SCHOEDSACK
. Films, page 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Terry Moore
Unknown:
Robert Armstrong
Unknown:
Joseph Young
Unknown:
Jill Young
Unknown:
Joe Young
Play By:
Ruth Rose
Story By:
Merian C. Cooper
Produced By:
John Ford
Produced By:
Merian C. Cooper
Directed By:
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Jill Young:
Terry Moore
Max O'Hara:
Robert Armstrong
Gregg Ford:
Ben Johnson
Press agent:
Frank McHugh
LORA LEE:
Jill Younga Child
Mighty Joe:
Young Himself
Source: Radio Times

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