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The Gorilla
One sheet vintage movie poster for the 1927 American silent film
The Gorilla. The film is a comedy mystery directed by Alfred Santell and produced by the Asher-Small-Rogers company.
Film Details

Title: The Gorilla
Release Year: 1927
Genre: Silent thriller mystery/comedy
Director: Alfred Santell
Production Company: First National Pictures (distributed the film), Asher-Small-Rogers (production)
Based on: A popular 1925 play of the same name by Ralph Spence

Main Cast
The poster highlights several key actors who appeared in the film:

Charlie Murray as Garrity, a hard-nosed detective
Fred Kelsey as Mulligan, his bumbling sidekick
Alice Day as Alice Townsend
Tully Marshall as William Townsend
Claude Gillingwater as Cyrus Townsend

The plot involves two detectives investigating a millionaire's murder at a spooky house while an escaped gorilla from the zoo is also on the loose. The film was long thought to be lost until a version was recently rediscovered in a film archive in Milan, Italy.
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