King Kong Escapes

Genre: Sci-Fi

Worldwide gross$2.2M

When a mechanical replica of King Kong is unable to dig for the highly radioactive Element X at the North Pole, the evil Doctor Who and his sponsor Madame Piranha (Madame X in the American release) decide to kidnap the real Kong. As an insurance policy they kidnap Lt. Susan Miller as well as her boyfriend Lt. CommanderJiro Nomura and Cmdr. Carl Nelson (Kong developed a crush on Susan when she Nomura and Nelson visited the Kong at his home on Mondo Island). Kong later escapes and heads for Tokyo. Susan and the others also escape. Who and his minions follow him and activate Mechani-Kong in order to recapture him. Susan is then grabbed by the robot and is taken to the top of Tokyo Tower and a battle ensues between Kong and his robotic replica.

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Genres

Action, Adventure, Family

Director

Ishirô Honda

Cast

Rhodes Reason, Mie Hama, Linda Miller

Released

19 June 1968

Runtime

1h 36m

Certificate

G

IMDb rating

5.5 / 10

Votes

3,310

Rotten Tomatoes

63%

Box office

$2,180,000

Edition

Base