Directed by Merian C. Cooper Ernest B. Schoedsack Written by James Ashmore Creelman   Ruth Rose   Merian C. Cooper   Edgar Wallace   Leon Gordon   Cast Fay Wray ... Ann Darrow Robert Armstrong ... Carl Denham Bruce Cabot ... Jack Driscoll Frank Reicher ... Capt. Englehorn Sam Hardy ... Charles Weston Noble Johnson ... Native Chief Steve Clemente ... Witch King (as Steve Clemento) James Flavin ... Second Mate Briggs King Kong ... The Eighth Wonder of the World Uncredited Cast Walter Ackerman ... Reporter James Adamson ... Native Child Van Alder ... Member of Ship's Crew Ed Allen ... Native Etta Mae Allen ... Native Frank Angel ... Reporter Roscoe Ates ... Press Photographer Ralph Bard ... Member of Ship's Crew Reginald Barlow ... Ship's Engineer Leo Beard ... Member of Ship's Crew Fred Behrle ... Member of Ship's Crew Jack Best ... Warrior Johnnie Bland ... Warrior Eddie Boland ... Reporter / Cameraman Harry Bowen ... Reporter John Brakins ... Warrior Lynton Brent ... Reporter / Cameraman Roy Brent ... Member of Ship's Crew Everett Brown ... Native in Ape Costume Betty Burns ... New York Theatergoer Barney Capehart ... Pilot Jack Chapin ... Reporter Harry Claremont ... Member of Ship's Crew Edward Clark ... Member of Ship's Crew Eddie Clayton ... Theater usher Chick Collins ... Member of Ship's Crew Odel Conley ... Warrior Onest Conley ... Warrior Merian C. Cooper ... Pilot of Plane That Kills Kong Harry Cornbleth ... Member of Ship's Crew Kathryn Curry ... Native Nathan Curry ... Native Dick Curtis ... Member of Ship's Crew Bill Dagwell ... Member of Ship's Crew George Daly ... Machine Gunner Ruby Dandridge ... Native Dancer Vivian Dandridge ... Native Child John Davis ... Warrior Joe Dill ... Member of Ship's Crew Jimmy Dime ... Member of Ship's Crew Fanny Donahue ... Native Jean Doran ... New York Theatergoer Walter Downing ... New York Theatergoer Florence Dudley ... New York Theatergoer Tex Duffy ... Member of Ship's Crew William Dunn ... Native William Duran ... Warrior Peter Duray ... Reporter Harry Duval ... New York Theatergoer Earl Dwire ... New York Theatergoer Ralph Easton ... Reporter Oliver Eckhardt ... New York Theatergoer Louise Emmons ... Old Woman in Line at Mission Shorty English ... Member of Ship's Crew Frank Fanning ... Police Officer Jean Fenwick ... New Yorker Bill Fisher ... Member of Ship's Crew Larry Fisher ... Member of Ship's Crew Arthur J. Flaven ... Member of Ship's Crew Joe Flourney ... Native Betty Gale ... New Yorker Jack Gallagher ... Member of Ship's Crew Bob Galloway ... Pilot Evelyn Garrison ... Native Harold Garrison ... Native Frank Gerritty ... Member of Ship's Crew June Gittelson ... Fat Woman Arnold Gray ... Reporter Duke Green ... Member of Ship's Crew Lawrence Green ... Native Dorothy Gulliver ... New York Theatergoer Charles Haefeli ... Member of Ship's Crew Charlie Hall ... Member of Ship's Crew Pat Harmon ... Gunman James Harrison ... Cameraman Eddie Hart ... Reporter Lew Harvey ... Gunman Etta Mae Henry ... Native Irene Henry ... Baby Tex Higginson ... Member of Ship's Crew / Assistant Director / Taxi Driver Earl 'Hap' Hogan ... Member of Ship's Crew Wesley Hopper ... Reporter Hazel Howell ... New Yorker Clifford Ingram ... Warrior T.C. Jack ... Member of Ship's Crew Jimmy James ... Member of Ship's Crew / Assistant Director Allen Jenkins ... Crew Member Annie L. Johnson ... Native John L. Johnson ... New York Theatergoer Harry Keaton ... Ballyhooer Walter Kimpton ... Member of Ship's Crew Walter Kirby ... Member of Ship's Crew Al Knight ... Warrior Walter Knox ... Native Ethan Laidlaw ... First Mate Sam Levine ... Member of Ship's Crew Vera Lewis ... New York Theatergoer Timothy J. Lonergan ... Police Officer George MacQuarrie ... Police Captain George Magrill ... Member of Ship's Crew Joe Smith Marba ... Elevated Train Motorman Rena Marlowe ... Native Child Sam Marlowe ... Warrior Mae Marrin ... Ballyhooer Henry Martin ... Warrior Buddy Mason ... Member of Ship's Crew LeRoy Mason ... New York Theatergoer Richie McCarew ... Member of Ship's Crew Etta McDaniel ... Native Al McDonald ... Member of Ship's Crew Larry McGrath ... Ballyhooer Frank Meredith ... Police Officer Frank Mills ... Reporter Dusty Mitchell ... Pilot King Mojave ... Ballyhooer Carlotta Monti ... New York Theatergoer Harry Mount ... Reporter Almeta Muse ... Native Alice Nichols ... Native Nim Nixon ... Native Dancer John Northpole ... Member of Ship's Crew Skeets Noyes ... Member of Ship's Crew G. Raymond Nye ... Police Captain Frank O'Connor ... Reporter Paddy O'Flynn ... Reporter / Cameraman Tom O'Grady ... New York Theatergoer Bert O'Malley ... Member of Ship's Crew Charles O'Malley ... Reporter Edward Patrick ... Native Dancer Gil Perkins ... Member of Ship's Crew Jack Perry ... Member of Ship's Crew Nathan Perry ... Native Lee Phelps ... Cameraman Alexander Pollard ... Lunch Counter Proprietor Allen Pomeroy ... Motorcycle Policeman Paul Porcasi ... Apple Vendor Mahlon Potts ... Native Child Malcolm Potts ... Native Child Russ Powell ... Watchman A.J. Prather ... Native Jack Pratt ... Radio Announcer Tom Quinn ... Reporter T.J. Rankin ... Native Dancer Eddy Reed ... Reporter Gus Robinson ... Native Dancer Edwin Rochelle ... Reporter Russ Rogers ... Pilot Jack Saunders ... Member of Ship's Crew Russell Saunders ... Reporter Syd Saylor ... Reporter Ernest B. Schoedsack ... Machine-Gunner on Plane That Kills Kong Charles Sewell ... Member of Ship's Crew Floyd Shackelford ... Warrior Sandra Shaw ... Woman Who Screams From Hotel Window Tony Shelly ... Native Gay Sheridan ... New York Theatergoer Milton Shockley ... Warrior Jack Silver ... Member of Ship's Crew Jack Smith ... Reporter William Solder ... Native Katherine Sparks ... Native Hugh Starkey ... Member of Ship's Crew Larry Steers ... New York Theatergoer Edward Stevens ... Reporter Roy Stewart ... Reporter Harry Strang ... Policeman at Headquarters Eddie Sturgis ... Ballyhooer Madame Sul-Te-Wan ... Native Charles Sullivan ... Member of Ship's Crew Gertrude Sutton ... Hotel Victim Tobias Tally ... Warrior Walter Taylor ... Member of Ship's Crew Harry Tenbrook ... Member of Ship's Crew Ivan Thomas ... Conductor Roy Thompson ... Warrior Jim Thorpe ... New York Theatergoer Earl Turman ... Warrior Ray Turner ... Native William Van Vleck ... Member of Ship's Crew Monte Vandergrift ... Police Officer Sailor Vincent ... Member of Ship's Crew John Wade ... Warrior Kid Wagner ... Member of Ship's Crew Harry Walker ... Member of Ship's Crew Wade Walker ... Native H.R. Warwick ... Member of Ship's Crew Blue Washington ... Warrior Charles Washington ... Warrior George Washington ... Warrior Hannah Washington ... Native Child Jack West ... Native Blackie Whiteford ... Member of Ship's Crew Geneva Williams ... Native Ivory Williams ... Warrior Victor Wong ... Charlie the Chinese Cook Eric Wood ... Pilot Helen Worthington ... New York Theatergoer Lillian Young ... New York Theatergoer Produced by Merian C. Cooper   Ernest B. Schoedsack   David O. Selznick   Original Music by Max Steiner

Additional Info Premiere: March 07, 1933 Theatrical Release: April 07, 1933 DVD Release: November 22, 2005 Blu-ray Release: September 28, 2010 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Alternate Titles The Eighth Wonder The Eighth Wonder Of The World Production Companies RKO Radio Pictures (Radio Pictures) (presents) (A Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack Production) RKO Radio Pictures (presents, 1951 re-release) Distributors RKO Radio Pictures   (1933) (United States) (A Radio Picture) (theatrical) RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada   (1933) (United States) (RKO Distributing Corporation of Canada, Ltd.) (theatrical) Media Home Entertainment   (1978) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) The Nostalgia Merchant   (1978) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) Media Home Entertainment   (1980) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) RCA (II)   (1981) (United States) (CED VideoDisc) (video) The Nostalgia Merchant   (1980) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) VidAmerica   (1980) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) Video Sig   (1980) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) King of Video   (1981) (United States) (Betamax) (VHS) Media Home Entertainment   (1985) (United States) (VHS) The Nostalgia Merchant   (1985) (United States) (VHS) The Voyager Company   (1983) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Fox Hills Video   (1986) (United States) (VHS) The Nostalgia Merchant   (1986) (United States) (VHS) Fox Hills Video   (1987) (United States) (VHS) The Criterion Collection   (1987) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) The Nostalgia Merchant   (1987) (United States) (VHS) VidAmerica   (1987) (United States) (VHS) Janus Films   (1971) (United States) (restored re-release) (theatrical) RKO Radio Pictures   (1938) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) RKO Radio Pictures   (1952) (United States) (re-release) (theatrical) RKO Radio Pictures   (1956) (United States) (reissue) (theatrical) C&C Television Corporation   (1955) (United States) (TV) HBO Max   (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video) Image Entertainment   (1991) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Image Entertainment   (1992) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) MGM/UA Entertainment Company   (1982) (United States) (for MBI) (TV) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (1986) (United States) (Video 8) (video) RKO General   (1986) (United States) RKO Home Video   (1985) (United States) (VHS) Sanford Productions (II)   (United States) (VHS) The Criterion Collection   (1984) (United States) (laserdisc) (video) Turner Classic Movies (TCM)   (United States) (TV) Turner Entertainment   (1986) (United States) (for RKO) (TV) Turner Entertainment   (1987) (United States) Turner Home Entertainment   (1988) (United States) (VHS) Turner Home Entertainment   (1989) (United States) (colorized version) (VHS) Turner Home Entertainment   (1993) (United States) (60th Anniversary Edition) (VHS) United Artists Television   (1960) (United States) (for C&C Television) (TV) United Artists Television   (1971) (United States) (for MBI) (TV) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment   (2017) (United States) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (1998) (United States) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (1999) (United States) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2005) (United States) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2006) (United States) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray) Warner Home Video   (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.9 / 10 Our Rating 7.8 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.7 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,790 / 20,704 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 9 total ratings Almost Perfect 4 total ratings Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,786 Charmed: Season 5 (2002) #1,787 Charmed: Season 1 (1998) #1,788 Charmed: Season 4 (2001) #1,789 New Year's Eve (2011) #1,790 King Kong (1933) #1,791 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) #1,792 Kingpin (1996) #1,793 The Twilight Zone: Season 4 (1963) #1,794 The Twilight Zone: Season 1 (1959)