# The Gorilla

Upon receiving a death threat from the "Gorilla", a killer infamous for a string of murders, insurance broker Walter Stevens employs detectives Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan for protection. The detectives arrive at Stevens' mansion that night, and proceed to explore the house and grounds, and question servants. All to no avail, because as the clock strikes midnight Stevens disappears. Stars: The Ritz Brothers, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Edward Norris, and Wally Vernon This copy doesn't show the short, repeating scene that occurs shortly after 37 minutes seen in this copy and this one . IMDb Page

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1939
- Runtime: 1 h 6 min
- By: Harry Joe Brown
- Genres: Comedy, Mystery
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/The_Gorilla_1939)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.