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| The Ivory Ape | |
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 Official release poster | |
| Genre |
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| Written by |
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| Directed by | Tsugunobu Kotani |
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| Country of origin | United States Japan |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | |
| Producer | Arthur Rankin Jr. |
| Production location | Bermuda |
| Cinematography | Yuzo Inagaki |
| Editor | Wendy Wank |
| Running time | 100 minutes (theatrical version) 96 minutes (TV version)[1] |
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| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | April 18, 1980 (1980-04-18) |
The Ivory Ape is a 1980 Japanese-Americanaction film co-produced byRankin/Bass andTsuburaya Productions.[1] It was filmed inBermuda, with a Japanese effects crew, and at Tsuburaya Studios in Tokyo.[1]
It was first broadcast onABC on April 18, 1980, and later released theatrically in Japan (the theatrical version running four additional minutes).[1][2]
Set in Bermuda, this movie focuses on a hunt for a rare albino gorilla, recently captured in Africa by ruthless big-game hunter Marc Kazarian (Jack Palance). Dedicated government agent Baxter Mapes (Steven Keats) and his ex-girlfriend, Lil Tyler (Cindy Pickett), conduct a humanitarian search for the ape, which has escaped from the greedy Kazarian. But hero and heroine are fighting against time as the villain has convinced the locals that the ape is a killer, and must be brought in dead or alive.
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