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Aug 2023
49m 7s

Konga | Episode 373

Jim Adams
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Jim reflects on a 1961 cult classic "Big Gorilla" film from Producer Herman Cohen and Director John Lemont -  Konga," starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns, Claire Gordon, Jess Conrad, Austin Trevor, Jack Watson and George Pastell. A research botanist's experiments with exotic plants he found in Africa result in disastrous consequences. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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