King Kong Escapes (1967) - Credits and Details

King Kong Escapes Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ishirô Honda	...	English language version / as Inoshiro Honda
Written by
	Takeshi Kimura
	Edgar Wallace	...	Kingu Kongu Created By
Cast
	Rhodes Reason	...	Commander Carl Nelson
	Mie Hama	...	Madame Piranha (Madame X)
	Linda Miller	...	Lieutenant Susan Watson
	Akira Takarada	...	Lt. Commander Jiro Nomura
	Hideyo Amamoto	...	Dr. Who (as Eisei Amamoto)
	Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Henchman
	Sachio Sakai	...	Henchman
	Susumu Kurobe	...	Henchman
	Nadao Kirino	...	Henchman
	Tôru Ibuki	...	Henchman
	Kazuo Suzuki	...	Henchman
	Ryûji Kita	...	SDF General
	Yasuhisa Tsutsumi	...	Soldier
	Ikio Sawamura	...	Mondo Islander
	Tadashi Okabe	...	Soldier
	Osman Yusuf	...	Submariner
	Andrew Hughes	...	United Nations Reporter
	Shôichi Hirose	...	Henchman
	Naoya Kusakawa	...	Henchman
	Seishirô Kuno	...	Soldier
	Akio Kusama	...	Security at Headquarters
	David de Keyser	...	(English version), (voice)
	Shigeo Katô	...	Transport Ship Sailor
	Paul Frees	...	Dr. Who (English version), (voice)
	Julie Bennett	...	Females (English version), (voice)
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Kingukongu (King Kong)
	Yû Sekita	...	Mekanikongu / Gorosaurusu
	Kazuo Hinata	...	Headquarters Security
	Yoshio Katsube	...	Dr. Who's minion
	Keiichirô Katsumoto	...	Onlooker
	Eisaburo Komatsu	...	Doctor Who Henchman / Explorer Crew Member
	King Kong	...	King Kong (archive footage)
	Al Kramer	...	United Nations Newspaper Reporter
	Haruya Sakamoto	...	Self Defense Force Personnel
	Kôichi Satô	...	Explorer Crew Member
	Masaaki Tachibana	...	Self Defense Force Member
	Kamayuki Tsubono
Uncredited Cast
	Kathy Horan	...	United Nations Reporter
Produced by
	Arthur Rankin Jr.	...	producer
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
Original Music by
	Akira Ifukube
Special Effects by
	Sadamasa Arikawa	...	special effects codirector
	Yasuyuki Inoue	...	special effects art director
	Fumio Nakadai	...	special effects wire work
	Teruyoshi Nakano	...	chief assistant director of special effects
	Eiji Tsuburaya	...	director of special effects
Visual Effects by
	Kyuichirô Kishida	...	special effects lighting
	Yôichi Manoda	...	special effects cameraman
	Hiroshi Mukoyama	...	special effects opticals
	Sokei Tomioka	...	special effects cameraman

Additional Info
Premiere:	July 22, 1967
Theatrical Release:	June 19, 1968
DVD Release:	November 29, 2005
Blu-ray Release:	April 01, 2014
Countries:
Distributor:	Universal Studios
Websites:

Ratings
4.6 / 10	5.5 / 10	41 / 100

Alternate Titles
Kingu Kongu No Gyakushû
The Revenge Of King Kong

Production Companies
Rankin/Bass Productions
Toho

Distributors
Universal Pictures (1968) (United States) (dubbed) (A Universal Release) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2005) (United States) (DVD)

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