The Hairy Ape
1944 · Movie · 90 min · ★ 6.3
Hank Smith, a brutish stoker on board a freighter, is appalled when Mildred Douglas, a society girl forced by circumstance to travel as a passenger, visits the stokehold and recoils at the filthy, sweating Hank.
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Details
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-07-02
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (7 votes)
Themes
- film noir
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score · 1945 · nominated
Cast & crew
William Bendix
as Hank Smith
Susan Hayward
as Mildred Douglas
John Loder
as Tony Lazar
Dorothy Comingore
as Helen Parker
Roman Bohnen
as Paddy
Tom Fadden
as Long
Alan Napier
as MacDougald, Chief Engineer
Charles Cane
as Gantry
Charles La Torre
as Portuguese Proprietor
Directed by Alfred Santell