Mighty Joe Young Page #3

Synopsis: In Africa, the girl Jill Young trades a baby gorilla with two natives and raises the animal. Twelve years later, the talkative and persuasive promoter Max O'Hara organizes a safari to Africa with the Oklahoma cowboy Gregg to bring attractions to his new night-club in Hollywood. They capture several lions and out of blue, they see a huge gorilla nearby their camping and they try to capture the animal. However, the teenager Jill Young stops the men that intended to kill her gorilla. Max seduces Jill with a fancy life in Hollywood and she signs a contract with him where the gorilla Joseph "Joe" Young would be the lead attraction. Soon she realizes that her dream is a nightmare to Joe and she asks Max to return to Africa. However he persuades her to stay a little longer in the show business. But when three alcoholic costumers give booze to Joe, the gorilla destroys the spot and is sentenced by the justice to be sacrificed. Will Jill, Gregg and Max succeed in saving Joe?
Production: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
APPROVED
Year:
1949
84 min
134 Views


from that country.

- It is! But how can it-?

- What is it?

Ali, my gun! Big gun!

What's the matter?

- What are they saying?

- Darned if I know.

Ali, stop! Come back!

Gregg, get your men.

Slim! Boys, get your horses!

Lay off. No shooting.

Catch it. Rope it.

Are you crazy?

You can't rope a gorilla!

- Hurry up! He's getting away!

- Give me that gun!

You're crazy.

- Give me that gun!

- Don't shoot him.

Wait! You can't rope a gorilla!

Hey, where's my horse?

Stand still.

Whoa, horsey.

Cut it out, will you?

Don't do that! Don't do that!

Can't you cooperate?

There he is!

Where did he go?

He must be around here somewhere.

Hurry up, boys! Get behind him!

Get your rope ready!

Get another rope on it!

Get behind him!

Get another rope!

Look out!

Get behind him.

Get another rope!

Hey, Gregg, watch out!

Hey, Charlie, help!

No!

Hey, come here and help me!

Go on, get out there!

Get a rope on him!

Come here! Help me! Come on!

Where is he?

Don't let him get away!

Where did he go?

Help!

Help! Help!

Joe! Joe!

Help! Help!

Don't shoot! Joe, drop.

Drop it! Don't hurt him.

Don't do that.

Put him down!

Joe, drop it. Drop it, I said.

Help! Help!

- Drop it, I said!

- Help!

Joe, drop it.

What are you doing?

Why, my friend, he was getting killed.

Well, Joe is my friend,

and you leave him alone.

Joe wouldn't hurt anybody.

He wouldn't if you treat him right.

Who are you, anyway?

What do you mean by this?

Well, your friend,

he came into our camp.

Your camp? If it's within five miles

of here, it's on my land.

This is all my property,

and you keep off of it, you big bullies.

Come on, Joe.

Come on, I said.

All right, Joe.

Come on, Joe, leave them alone.

Mind me. Come along.

Joe! Come on, Joe, leave them alone.

We're going home.

Am I dreaming or did I see a gorilla

and a beautiful dame?

Where did she go? Find out where

she lives. I gotta talk to her.

Howdy.

Well, I reckon you're right,

but I just wanna see the young lady.

I just wanna talk to the young lady.

I just wanna talk to the lady.

Afternoon, ma'am.

Seems like you always come just in time.

- What do you want?

- I'm Gregg Johnson.

I come to apologize.

With a gun?

Well, I kind of feel safer.

You were gonna shoot Joe.

But, ma'am, he had Mr. O'Hara.

If you hadn't come along, he-

- Oh, I was so frightened. Joe would've...

- He sure would.

If you'd let him alone,

there wouldn't have been any trouble.

- We didn't know he belonged to anybody.

- He doesn't belong to anybody.

He lives here. Goodbye.

Wait, ma'am. Mr. O'Hara, the boss,

he wants to talk to you.

- He sent me to ask you if it's all right.

- He's afraid?

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Ruth Rose

Ruth Rose (January 16, 1896 – June 8, 1978) was a writer who worked on several films in the 1930s and the 1940s, most famously the original 1933 classic King Kong. more…

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