When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to act as bodyguards. In short order, we discover that there is more to the attorney than meets the eye, and the ape may be innocent after all. When a pretty young heiress faces peril, it's up to our heroic trio to save the day.
Acting
Ritz Brothers' synchronized panic attacks
Production
Gorilla suit visibly held together by hope
Costume
Bela Lugosi's butler uniform deserves better
Director
Allan Dwan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bela Lugosi's second gorilla-related film in two years after 'Murders in the Rue Morgue'—Hollywood really typed him as 'guy near apes.'
The Ritz Brothers were Universal's attempt to replicate the Marx Brothers' success, but their brand of pure slapstick without verbal wit aged like milk in a gorilla suit.
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