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The Ape   1940         N/R, 63 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller / Horror / Sci-Fi Director: William Nigh   Cast: Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gertrude Hoffman, Henry Hall, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan, Selmer Jackson, George Cleveland, Ray Corrigan, Mary Field, I. Stanford Jolley, Pauline Drake, Jack Kennedy, Philo McCullough, Buddy Swan   Mad scientist Dr. Bernard Adrian (Boris Karloff) has lost his daughter to polio and is working on a polio vaccine but needs spinal fluid for his vaccine. After he kills a circus ape that has broken into his house, Adrian camouflages himself in the ape's skin and murders townsfolk at night to obtain their spinal fluids for his serum. Cast Boris Karloff Dr. Bernard Adrian Maris Wrixon Miss Frances Clifford Gertrude Hoffman Jane Henry Hall Sheriff Jeff Halliday Gene O'Donnell Danny Foster Dorothy Vaughan Mother Clifford Selmer Jackson Dr. McNulty George Cleveland Mr. Howley Ray Corrigan The Ape Mary Field Mrs. Mason I. Stanford Jolley Ape Trainer Pauline Drake Young Girl Jack Kennedy Deputy Tomlin Philo McCullough Henry Mason Buddy Swan Willie