Monster walks. Monster from a prehistoric planet. Gorilla. Shriek in the night. Daikyoju Gappa.
Notes:
"50 movie pack DVD collection."--Container of set. Videodisc release of 4 motion pictures released 1932-1967. Part of a 12-disk set packaged in a single container. [Cast for The monster walks]: Rex Lease, Vera Reynolds, Mischa Auer ; [Cast for Monster from a prehistoric planet]: Tomio Kawaji, Yoko Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fuji ; [Cast for Gorilla]: The Ritz Brothers, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi ; [Cast for A shriek in the night]: Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot, Harvey Clark.
Contents:
Side A: The monster walks (1932). Monster from a prehistoric planet = Daikyoju Gappa (1967) -- Side B: The gorilla (1937). A shriek in the night (1933).
Summary:
[The monster walks]: After the death of a wealthy scientist, a murderer preys on family members who have come to a mansion to hear the reading of the will. [Monster from a prehistoric planet (Japanese with English subtitles)]: An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child. [The gorilla]: An escaped circus gorilla has apparently perpetrated a series of murders. Imperiled lawyer Walter Stevens may well be the next victim, so he summons detectives Garrity, Harrigan and Mullivan to provide protection. It turns out that the murderer is human rather than simian, Stevens is hardly a paragon of virtue, and the person really in danger is young heiress Norma Denby. [A shriek in the night]: A series of local murders set the scene for an experienced, highly motivated reporter who gathers all the facts and turns detective hoping to solve the crimes.
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