Kongo
A ruthless, wheelchair-bound, would-be jungle chieftain keeps African locals in his thrall while carrying out a long-festering plan of revenge against the man who beat and crippled him.
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DVD-R Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 22 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: May 3, 2011
- Originally Released: 1932
- Label: Warner Archive Collection (MOD)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel & Virginia Bruce | |
Directed by | William J. Cowan |
Entertainment Reviews:
65%
AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 81
Rating: B- --
Never gets things quite right about all its melodramatics.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
Basically, it's trashy stuff -- but it's choice trashy stuff. Plus, it's all the more alluring because it came from MGM -- the bastion of middle class morality.
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 3/4 --
Leeches, slime, 'filthy natives,' human sacrifice, Virginia Bruce's briefly exposed right breast -- 'Kongo' lacks the artistry and novelty of 'Freaks,' MGM's other 1932 pre-code shocker, but it makes up for it in sheer sleazy chutzpah.
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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Description by OLDIES.com:
Some eight months after the release of Freaks, another bizarre and unforgettable movie stunned screen audiences -- the feverish tale of black magic and sadism called Kongo. Reprising his stage role, dynamic Walter Huston stars as wheelchair-bound Flint, a ruthless, would-be jungle chieftain who uses the bullets of "boom sticks" and the deception of parlor magic he calls juju to keep African locals in his thrall while carrying out a long-festering plan of revenge against the man who beat and crippled him.
Brutality, sexuality, depravity -- all are at the forefront of this disturbing yet transfixing pre-Code shocker previously filmed as the Lon Chaney-Lionel Barrymore silent West of Zanzibar.
DVD Features:
- Theatrical Movie Untamed Africa. Join the Hubbard Family -- father, mother and two small children -- on safari. Encounter giraffes, hippos, leopards and crocodiles; share the terror when a grass fire engulfs the Hubbards' camp; share the fun when pet monkeys join the expedition; and witness a hyena/lioness battle and a heart-stopping lion attack on the Hubbards' oxen.
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Kongo- Wow!
Movie Lover: ROBERT VELEZ from
BRONX, NY US -- November, 15, 2015
I must admit that I had never seen or heard of this film. A friend of mine recommended that I watch "Kongo" because of the fact that for many years, this film appeared to be lost. To my amazement, "Kongo" is a brilliant film that I would never forget. Although, you need a strong stomach to watch "Kongo" the whole production starting with the directing and ending with the acting is outstanding! Enough talk, get this film and I guarantee you that no other film can compare with it. No wonder why after 82 years, "Kongo" stands the test of time.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 30,059
- UPC: 883316341421
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