Mighty Joe Young

Plot

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

  • Ernest B. Schoedsack

    Director

  • Ruth Rose

    Screenplay

  • Merian C. Cooper

    Story

  • J. Roy Hunt

    Director of Photography

  • Ted Cheesman

    Editor

  • Terry Moore

    Jill Young

  • Ben Johnson

    Gregg Johnson

  • Robert Armstrong

    Max O'Hara

  • Frank McHugh

    Windy

  • Douglas Fowley

    Jones

  • Denis Greene

    Crawford

  • Paul Guilfoyle

    Smith

  • Nestor Paiva

    Brown

  • Regis Toomey

    John Young

  • Lora Lee Michel

    Jill (as a child)

  • James Flavin

    Schultz

  • Mary Field

    Secretary (uncredited)

  • Ellen Corby

    Orphanage matron (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    Nightclub patron (uncredited)

  • Iris Adrian

    Gloria (uncredited)

  • Jack Pennick

    Sam (uncredited)

  • Joyce Compton

    Alice (uncredited)

  • Byron Foulger

    Jones (uncredited)

  • Addison Richards

    Attorney (uncredited)

  • Henry Kulky

    Strong Man (uncredited)

  • Dwayne Hickman

    Boy (uncredited)

  • Richard Farnsworth

    Cowboy (uncredited)

  • Charles Lane

    Producer (uncredited)

  • Kermit Maynard

    Red (uncredited)

  • Irene Ryan

    Southern Belle at the Bar (uncredited)

  • William Schallert

    Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

  • Fay Wray

    Woman's Scream (uncredited)

  • Ivan Rasputin

    Strongman (uncredited)

  • Harry Strang

    Policeman with Tramp (uncredited)

  • William 'Wee Willie' Davis

    Strongman (uncredited)

  • Robert Tafur

    Headwaiter (uncredited)

  • Archie Twitchell

    Reporter

  • Jacqueline Dalya

    Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)

  • Sammy Menacker

    Strong Man

  • Herschel Graham

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

  • Madame Sul-Te-Wan

    Young Family Servant (Uncredited)

  • Runtime

    94 minutes

    Released

    1949-07-27

    Languages

    English

    Kiswahili

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Argosy Pictures

    RKO Radio Pictures

    Sound

  • Roy Webb

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    41 days ago

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