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Konga (Original title)I Was a Teenage Gorilla (Working title)Earth Monster (Working title)
Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 04 April 1960 (Production), 13 March 1961 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Lemont

Synopsis: A scientist creates a huge gorilla which goes berserk and terrorises London.

Genres:
Horror, Science Fiction

Subject:
Apes
Releases
Date: March 1961Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 89 mins 40 secs - Length: 8070 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Anglo Amalgamated
Date: 01 February 1990Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 85 mins 56 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Warner Home Video

Credits (23)
©: Alta Vista Productions, Produced by: Herman Cohen, Associate Producer: Jim O'Connolly, Production Manager: Bill Shore, Assistant Director: Buddy Booth, Continuity: Olga Brook, Original Story and Screenplay by: Aben Kandel, Herman Cohen, Director of Photography: Desmond Dickinson, Camera Operator: Harry Gillam, Film Editor: Jack Slade, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Wardrobe: Bridget Sellers, Make-up: Jack Craig, Hairdresser: Daphne Volmar, Music Composed by: Gérard Schurmann, Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound: Sidney Rider, Sound: Ronald Abbott, Sound Effects Editor: Derek Holding, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Studio: Merton Park Studios
Cast (17)
Michael Gough (Dr Charles Decker), Margo Johns (Margaret), Jess Conrad (Bob Kenton), Claire Gordon (Sandra Banks), Austin Trevor (Dean Foster), Jack Watson (Supt. Brown), George Pastell (Professor Tagore), Vanda Godsell (Bob's mother), Stanley Morgan (Inspector Lawson), Grace Arnold (Miss Barnesdell), Leonard Sachs (Bob's father), Nicholas Bennett (Daniel), Kim Tracy (Mary), Rupert Osborne (Eric), Waveney Lee (Janet), John Welsh (Commissioner Garland), Steven Berkoff