Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 movie about a giant gorilla, released on July 13, 1949. Willis O'Brien won an Academy Award for the special effects in the movie. It stars Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong (who played in another giant gorilla movie called King Kong in 1933) and Ben Johnson in his movie debut (first movie). Mighty Joe Young was remade in 1998 starring Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton.

Category:1940s American adventure movies
Category:American horror movies
Category:English-language movies
Category:Giant gorilla movies
Category:Monster movies
Category:1949 movies