Nabonga (1944)

aka’s: Gorilla/The Girl And The Gorilla

In an effort to clear the name of his deceased father, Ray Gorman (Buster Crabbe) travels to darkest Africa to try to track down the money embezzled from his father’s bank years earlier. After a long trek through the jungle Gorman finds the money in the care of beautiful “White Witch” Doreen (Julie London), daughter of the now long-dead embezzler. Gorman finds his goal difficult to accomplish as not only does Doreen, guarded by a huge, ferocious gorilla (Ray “Crash” Corrigan), not want to give up the money, but greedy guide Carl Hurst (Barton MacLane) has followed Gorman’s trail, intent on getting the money himself by any means necessary. Also stars Fifi D’Orsay.