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USA Today - 09/28/2001
"...Petrillo pulls off a nearly dead-ringer Lewis during the star's geek epoch..."Comedians Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo encounter mad scientist Dr. Zabor on a South Pacific island. The doctor is maniacally jealous of anyone who expresses an interest in the beautiful native princess, Nona. When Duke and the princess fall in love, Zabor subjects the comic to his fiendish experiments and turns him into a singing gorilla. As the newly transformed ape runs wild on the island, Sammy must find a way to remain human himself while searching for a way to restore his partner to normal. Bela Lugosi seems to enjoy sending up his screen image and Petrillo's imitation of Jerry Lewis is flawless. William Beaudine, who directed over 250 films in his career, had worked with Lugosi in The Ape Man and Ghosts on the Loose (both 1943). In addition to writing numerous comedies and Bowery Boys movies, writer Tim Ryan also acted in dozens of Poverty Row productions spanning over forty years. Associate Producer Herman Cohen later gained international fame for his productions of I Was a Teenage Werewolf, How to Make a Monster, Horrors of the Black Museum and several other drive-in classics.
The not-very-famous comedy team Mitchell and Petrillo doing their shameless Dean/Lewis impersonation meet Lugosi who promptly injects Mitchell with a serum that turns him into a gorilla. A.K.A. "The Boys From Brooklyn."
| Starring | Bela Lugosi | |
| Directed by | William Beaudine | |
| Produced by | Jack Broder | |
| Screenplay by | Tim Ryan | |
| Cinematography by | Charles Van Enger |
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One of the All-Time Great B-Movies
Movie Lover: Mitchell Gang from Clifton, NJ US -- July, 4, 2005
I had searched for this film for a decade after reading a review of it in Michael Sauter's must-read guide to bad movies, "The Worst Movies of All Time." Along with Ted V. Mikels's "Astro Zombies" and the "Santo" films, the book's description of "Brooklyn Gorilla" made it seem priceless, something I needed to see before I died--and now that it is finally available on DVD, I realize that my search was not in vain. Although described as cheap-looking, the production values here are on par with many films of the era, and feature good-natured and enjoyable performances from Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, a real-life vaudeville act known for doing many impressions, not just Martin & Lewis (others included Johnny Ray). The real Jerry was apparently VERY freaked out by how closely Petrillo could mimic him. I wonder, watching this and other Lugosi films made at this time, how Lugosi's son can continually demonize Ed Wood as an opportunist and a user who tricked his father into doing awful films. Does he consider films like this to be superior to "Glen or Glenda"?
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla
Movie Lover: steven lardy from edgein -- May, 22, 2005
What makes this movie great is that it so unashamedly a rip-off of Martin and Lewis. Duke kind of looks like Dino, but sings even worse (if that's possible) and Sammy's antics make Lewis' wackiest characters look like Sir Laurence Olivier. Thankfully for Bela, Ed Wood was looming in the distance......
Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla (sort of)
Movie Lover: jerod blayney from Lincoln, NE US -- September, 20, 2003
Strange movie that grows on you over time. Interesting to watch the blatant rip-off of Dean and Lewis by Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo. Plot is weak and ending is weaker, but over-all the movie is very entertaining. Enjoy this campy movie!
Low budget shlock - you just can't help laughing
Movie Lover: Joseph Salamone from Wilmington, MA US -- June, 13, 2003
I laughed all the way through this movie. I'm not sure if I was laughing WITH it or laughing AT it. The point is, I was laughing (and that's a good thing).
Hey, the movie is impossibly cheap, and the comedy team of Mitchell and Petrillo is a SHAMELESS Martin and Lewis rip-off. But for a short evening of mindless fun, you can't go wrong with this movie.
In addition, the DVD quality is quite good.
In my opinion, this was money well spent!
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