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      Captive Wild Woman

      Released Jun 4, 1943 1h 1m Horror List
      40% 5 Reviews Tomatometer 7% 50+ Ratings Audience Score A mad doctor (John Carradine) turns an animal trainer's (Milburn Stone) ape into Paula the ape-woman (Acquanetta). Read More Read Less

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      Matt Brunson Film Frenzy As portrayed by the stiff Acquanetta, Paula Depree / The Ape Woman is a dull character in either form. Rated: 2/4 Jun 21, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Lovable but far-fetched hokum sci-fi horror film. Rated: B Apr 6, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 27, 2005 Full Review Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) A bad start to an even worse series of Ape Woman movies. Rated: 2/5 Sep 18, 2003 Full Review Bob Bloom Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) A silly Universal B-horror film, that is 60+minutes of corn. Rated: 2/5 Jan 30, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Valerii Ege D Probably the most boring horror movie in Universal Horror. Like the whole film was designed for Milburn Stone so he could impress some people. The only gain for me is that the movie introduced me to Acquanetta. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/13/23 Full Review Steve D complete and total nonsense. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/23 Full Review Blobbo X Blobbo never knew Gunsmoke's Doc Adams was good lion tamer. Funny to see Milburn Stone and sheriff from Rifleman Paul Fix in same movie. One of Mickey Rooney's wives in here, too. Cute. ok, maybe 3 stars? But ... geez. So hokey Also, lion and tiger "taming" not nice to beasts. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Very boring. Doesn't live up to it's fun premise. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Though it clearly defies reason, the lively thriller has a fine sinister performance by Carradine and a crazy tale to spin that is strangely palpable. There's lots of  recycled footage of Clyde Beatty from the 1932's The Big Cage, where he's taming the big cats. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member No, this is not 50 Shades of Gray. It's actually Universal's attempt to launch a female lead in horror films, the Ape Woman. They managed to make three forgettable films in this series. It should be considered a sin that they tried to turn the beautiful actress Acquanetta into a female version of Wolfman or Mr. Hyde. Too much lion tamer and circus footage as well. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A mad doctor (John Carradine) turns an animal trainer's (Milburn Stone) ape into Paula the ape-woman (Acquanetta).
      Director
      Edward Dmytryk
      Screenwriter
      Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher
      Distributor
      Universal Pictures
      Production Co
      Universal/Universal Int
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 4, 1943, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 20, 2009
      Runtime
      1h 1m