King Kong Escapes
An adaptation of the Rankin/Bass cartoon, "The King Kong Show". King Kong is brought in by the evil Dr. Who to dig for Element X in a mine when the robot Mechani-Kong is unable to do the task. This leads to the machine and the real Kong engaging in a tremendous battle atop Tokyo Tower.
Top Billed Cast
Akira Takarada
Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
Mie Hama
Madame Piranha
Rhodes Reason
Commander Carl Nelson
Linda Miller
Lieutenant Susan Watson
Hideyo Amamoto
Dr. Who
Featured Crew
Ishirō Honda
Director
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
Hajime Koizumi
Director of Photography
Ryôhei Fujii
Editor
Takeo Kita
Production Design
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Arthur Rankin, Jr.
Technical Advisor
Takeshi Kimura
Screenplay
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Shoichi Yoshizawa
Sound Recordist
Toshio Takashima
Lighting Technician
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound Mixer
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