The Beast of Borneo

The Beast of Borneo
The Beast of Borneo
Directed by	Harry Garson
Written by	(screenplay); (story); Frank J. Murray (story)
Produced by	Harry Garson (producer)
Cinematography	Lewis W. Physioc
Edited by
Production; company	Far East Productions
Distributed by	DuWorld Pictures
Release date	April 14, 1934
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Beast of Borneo is a 1934 American Pre-Code film directed by Harry Garson. The film is made up mostly of leftover footage from Universal Studios's East of Borneo, made in 1931. A couple of added dialogue scenes were spliced into what was essentially a travelogue and a series of close-ups of an enraged orangutan.

Plot[]

A noted big game hunter, Bob Ward (John Preston), is visited in the jungles of Borneo by Russian scientist Boris Borodoff (Eugene Sigaloff) and his lovely assistant Alma Thorne (Mae Stuart), who want to prove the evolutionary link between man and beast. Ward at first declines to lead the scientists to a tribe of orangutans, but Alma's charms finally convince him. Along with Ward's pet orangutan, Borneo Joe, they track the apes and actually manage to capture a male orangutan, whom Dr. Borodoff anaesthetizes with a shot of whiskey. Borodoff, it soon appears, is quite insane -- and Bob, in an effort to calm him down, is knocked unconscious and dragged into the jungle by the tormented orangutan. He is rescued by Alma and Borneo Joe, but the trio can only watch as the enraged simian kills the evil Dr. Borodoff.

Cast[]

as Bob Ward
as Alma Thorne
as Dr. Boris Borodoff
as Darmo
as Nahnda
as Controller Derrick van de Mark
as Mr. Kruger

External links[]

The Beast of Borneo at IMDb
The Beast of Borneo is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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