a_baron This film was made in 3D. Whether or not it looks better thus it certainly won't play any better. Rather than "Gorilla At Large" it should have the word turkey in the title, because that is what it is. There is evil afoot at the circus, two rather unpleasant individuals are murdered in quick succession, and the police are called in. We see a detective, a none-too-bright uniformed officer, the doctor/pathologist/coroner, and barely another. In a real life scenario, the place would have been crawling with police, and a suspect, albeit a weak one, would not have been permitted to take over the investigation!Something the censor seems to have missed, did that detective really use the word bollocks? And one wonders how many viewers have.

jjnxn-1 One of the "gems" from Anne's first stab at Hollywood. Drive in fodder would be completely forgotten if not for its cast. Anne Bancroft, looking sensational in Technicolor, is as good as the script allows-meaning she manages to keep a straight face during the ridiculous contrivances that the movie presents. Raymond Burr and Lee J. Cobb also put in professional performances, although Lee must have been longing for the days of the Group Theatre during production of this lulu. It's fun to see Lee Marvin just starting out as a clumsy cop. The whole thing is nonsensical but harmless unless you count the mystifying decision to make the usually brunette Cameron Mitchell a bleached blond, it does him no favors.

Typing_away I had heard about "Gorilla at Large" for years, but avoided watching it because of the campy title and brief clips I had seen, usually of the gorilla swinging on a vine. Recently, this movie was broadcast on Fox Movie Channel. On a whim, I recorded it with my PVR and watched it the next day. To my surprise, I found "Gorilla at Large" to be an entertaining movie. It's not a monster film at all, or even a jungle themed movie. Rather, it's a crime/detective story that keeps you guessing. "Gorilla" has a very good cast and interesting story. A young Lee Marvin has an amusing role as a policeman. The sexy Anne Bancroft is the main star....although some might claim it is the gorilla.

vanderbilt651 It's not so much that there's more than meets the eye as it is whatdoes meet the eye that makes this picture worth a look-see.Sure, if you want to be all serious, then you could easily object to arather predictable plot, or some wooden performances (though I'dhave something to say about that), or a delightfully inept gorilla suitthat looks more like an animated swatch of shag carpet (the eyesare so...human!). You could moan and groan about the film'sportrayal of women, etc., etc. You could call it a bad movie.But you shouldn't! Firstly, it does offer the sorts of thrills thatB-movie fans relish: the lurid carny life, cartoonish violence,trapeze artists in skimpy costumes, emotions writ large andunambiguously (at least ostensibly).In fact, I'd say that many of the performances are great, notbecause they are especially moving or "realistic," but rather,because the conventions of the genre frame them in such a wayas to be quite effective, and not least of all, gratifying. AnneBancroft smolders magnificently as a trapeze artist with quite ashady past. Raymond Burr's controlling, yet ambiguous carnivalmanager never fails to intrigue. Lee Marvin is great as a feckless,blow-hard police officer. And perhaps most compellingly, there isLee J. Cobb, as a no-nonsense, cigar-chomping gumshoe. Youreally get a sense of what an entirely watchable performer he is inthis picture, and personally I think he's better here than he is in "Onthe Waterfront" (gasp!).Camp values aside, the technical aspects of the film arebreathtaking. The picture's technicolors blast out of the screen,aided by 3-D that is so sharply defined and brilliant that you feellike you are watching some sort of moving ViewMaster reel. Arestored print has recently been struck and you'll be blown away ifyou have a chance to see it. I'd say that its use of technicolor and3-D are perhaps more impressive than even "House of Wax," andcertainly more accomplished than such unnecessarily 3-D'dfeatures such as "Dial M for Murder" or "Miss Sadie Thompson."Color, violence, a beautiful girl and a gorilla--and in not one, nortwo, but THREE dimensions. What's not to like?