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Mighty Joe Young

See alternate titles

Directed by

Ernest Schoedsack

Producer

Merian C. Cooper

Written by

Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper

Music by

Roy Webb

Distributor

RKO Radio Pictures (Original),
Turner Entertainment (Current via Warner Bros.)

Rating

Not Rated

Budget

$1,800,000

Box office

$1.950,000

Running time

94 minutes
(1 hour, 34 minutes)

Aspect ratio

1.37:1

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3.33

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“	Ten Terrific Thrills!	„
	— Tagline

“	Striking! Startling! Staggering!	„
	— Tagline

“	Merian Cooper's Amazing Adventure in the Unusual!	„
	— Tagline

Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 American giant monster fantasy film produced by RKO Radio Pictures and created by the team behind the original King Kong. It was released to American theaters on July 27, 1949.

Plot

	*“I knew that『plot』wasn't up to much.”* This plot synopsis is missing or incomplete. Please help by editing this section.

To be added.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Ernest Schoedsack
Written by Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper
Produced by Merian C. Cooper
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt
Edited by Ted Cheesman
Special effects by Willis O'Brien, Ray Harryhausen, Pete Peterson, Fitch Fulton, Marcel Delgado, George Lofgren

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Terry Moore as Jill Young
Ben Johnson as Gregg
Robert Armstrong as Max O'Hara
Regis Toomey as John Young
Lora Lee Michel as Jill Young, as a girl
Irene Ryan as Southern Belle at Bar

Appearances

Monsters

Joseph Young

Production

Gallery

Main article: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film soundtrack).

Alternate titles

The King of Africa (Il re dell'Africa; Italy)
Panic about King Kong (Panik um King Kong; Germany)

Theatrical releases

United States - July 27, 1949
Sweden - August 29, 1949
Brazil - September 23, 1949
Portugal - November 8, 1949
Australia - January 5, 1950
United Kingdom - January 9, 1950
Japan - January 12, 1952 [view poster]

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
Best Visual Effects Awards	Work Award	Mighty Joe Young	Won

Video releases

Warner Bros. DVD (2006)

Region: 1
Discs: 1
Audio: English (1.0 Mono)

Warner Bros. Blu-ray (2015/2017)

Region: A/1
Discs: 1
Audio: English (1.0 Mono), Spanish (1.0 Mono)
Special features: Trailer
Notes: Includes French and Spanish subtitles. Also packaged with King Kong (1933), The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and Them!, or Son of Kong.

Videos

Trailers

Mighty Joe Young trailer

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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-'''''Mighty Joe Young''''' is a 1949 [[United States|American]] fantasy [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] and created by the team behind the original ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. It was released to American theaters on July 27, 1949.
+'''''Mighty Joe Young''''' is a [[1949]] [[United States|American]] giant monster fantasy [[:Category:Films|film]] produced by [[RKO Pictures|RKO Radio Pictures]] and created by the team behind the original ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]''. It was released to American theaters on July 27, 1949.
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 ==Plot==
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-|Directed by=Ernest Schoedsack
+|Directed by=[[Ernest Schoedsack]]
-|Written by=Ruth Rose, Merian C. Cooper
+|Written by=[[Ruth Rose]], Merian C. Cooper
-|Produced by=Merian C. Cooper
+|Produced by=[[Merian C. Cooper]]
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+|Cinematography by=J. Roy Hunt|Edited by=[[Ted Cheesman]]|Special Effects by=[[Willis O'Brien]], [[Ray Harryhausen]], [[Pete Peterson]], Fitch Fulton, Marcel Delgado, George Lofgren}}
 == Cast ==
-{{Cast|Terry Moore|Jill Young|Regis Toomey|John Young}}
+{{Cast|Terry Moore|[[Jill Young]]|Ben Johnson|Gregg|[[Robert Armstrong]]|Max O'Hara|Regis Toomey|John Young|Lora Lee Michel|Jill Young, as a girl|Irene Ryan|Southern Belle at Bar}}
 ==Appearances==
 ===Monsters===
-*[[Joeseph Young]]
+*[[Joseph Young]]
 == Production ==
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 == Gallery ==
 {{Main|Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)/Gallery}}
+== Soundtrack ==
+{{Main|Mighty Joe Young (1949 film soundtrack)}}
 == Alternate titles ==
+* '''''The King of Africa''''' (''Il re dell'Africa''; Italy)
+* '''''Panic about King Kong''''' (''Panik um King Kong''; Germany)
+== Theatrical releases ==
+* [[United States]] - July 27, 1949
+* Sweden - August 29, 1949
+* Brazil - September 23, 1949
+* Portugal - November 8, 1949
+* [[Australia]] - January 5, 1950
+* United Kingdom - January 9, 1950
+* [[Japan]] - January 12, 1952{{Popup-poster|file=Mighty Joe Young Japanese poster.jpg|caption=Japanese poster}}
+== Awards ==
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
+|-
+! scope="col" | Award
+! scope="col" | Category
+! scope="col" |Recipient(s)
+! scope="col" | Result
+|-
+! scope="row" rowspan="1"|Best Visual Effects Awards
+|Work Award
+| ''Mighty Joe Young''
+| {{award|Won}}
+|-
+|}
+== Video releases ==
+'''[[Warner Bros.]]''' DVD (2006)
+* '''Region:''' 1
+* '''Discs:''' 1
+* '''Audio:''' English (1.0 Mono)
+'''[[Warner Bros.]]''' Blu-ray (2015/2017)
+* '''Region:''' A/1
+* '''Discs:''' 1
+* '''Audio:''' English (1.0 Mono), Spanish (1.0 Mono)
+* '''Special features:''' Trailer
+* '''Notes:''' Includes French and Spanish subtitles. Also packaged with [[King Kong (1933 film)|''King Kong'']] (1933), ''[[The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms]]'', and ''Them!'', or ''[[Son of Kong]]''.
+==Videos==
+===Trailers===
+{{Videos|
+{{vid|<youtube width="300" height="169">lomsPBt60Ks</youtube>|''Mighty Joe Young '' trailer}}
+}}
 {{Kaiju Movies}}
 {{Comments}}
+{{Era|RKO|WB|FIL}}
 [[Category:Films]]
+[[Category:American Films]]
+[[Category:1940's Films]]
+[[Category:RKO]]

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