
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