The Ivory Ape

The Ivory Ape

1980 · 104 min · ★ 5.3 · Action, Adventure, Drama, TV Movie

An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to save it, but the local authorities hire a big-game hunter to track it down and kill it.

Directed by Tsugunobu Kotani · Written by Arthur Rankin Jr.

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