MV5BMTc3NDAxMTY2N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzk4ODY3Mw@@._V1_.jpg THE MONSTER AND THE APE (1945)
15 CHAPTER COLUMBIA SERIAL
A professor has created a robot, The Metalogen Man.
The bad guys want the robot and the race is on to get hold of the metalogen to power the robot. A giant ape is on hand to despatch anyone who gets in the way..
A bit of a task to get through this one. Did not seem to go anywhere fast.
Most of the cliffhangers are big cheats, with the hero unmistakably killed at the climax to an episode. The worst has to be when our hero is knocked out and put on a conveyor belt which enters a furnace. You actually see the body go in the doors and the doors shut behind him. In the next episode he jumps off before entering the doors to the furnace. Willie Best is on hand for some fun.
