The Ivory Ape (1980) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 15, 1980

Original Title:
The Ivory Ape

Alternate Titles:
Animal Attraction
Jagd auf den weissen Gorilla
Jungle Love

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Rankin/Bass Productions
Tsuburaya Productions

Production Countries:
Japan | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 104

An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.

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Art Direction:
Peter Politanoff

Associate Producer:
Benni Korzen
Masaki Îzuka

Director:
Tsugunobu Kotani

Editor:
Wendy Wank

Executive Producer:
Jules Bass
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

First Assistant Director:
Kaz Kazui

Music:
Maury Laws
Bernard Hoffer

Producer:
Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Production Design:
Katzov Satsoya

Screenplay:
William Overgard

Second Assistant Director:
Jim Bigham

Sound:
Yuji Hiyoshi

Sound Assistant:
Osamu Fukuoka

Sound Editor:
Jim Tatum Jr.

Sound Mixer:
Bob Elder

Story:
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
William Overgard

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