Black Zoo
| Black Zoo | |
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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation | |
Release date | May 15, 1963 (U.S. premiere) |
Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Black Zoo is a 1963 American
Elisha Cook, Jr. It was produced and co-written by Herman Cohen
.
Plot
Michael Conrad is a private
organ music to the animals in his living room, and uses them to kill anyone who gets in his way. Conrad is married to Edna and forces his mute
son Carl to assist him.
Cast
- Michael Gough as Michael Conrad
- Jeanne Cooper as Edna Conrad
- Rod Lauren as Carl
- Virginia Grey as Jenny
- Jerome Cowan as Jeffrey Stengle
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe
- Warrene Ott as Mary Hogan
- Marianna Hill as Audrey
- Oren Curtis as Radu
- Eilene Janssen as Bride
- Eric Stone as Groom
- Dani Lynn as Art Student
- Susan Slavin as Art Student
- Edward Platt as Detective Rivers
- Douglas Henderson as Lieutenant Duggan
Production
Herman Cohen had the idea for the film, and hired Aben Kandel to work with him on the script.
Cohen had worked with Gough previously in Horrors of the Black Museum and Konga.
The animals were provided by
Hollywood, California. The entire zoo seen in the picture was an interior set.[2]
Publicity was done with the cats—including an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[2] Cohen did not like the title, preferring Horrors of the Black Zoo.[2]
Home media
Black Zoo was released on a
OCLC 48234539
Footnotes
- ISBN 0-8160-1356-X.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-0018-8) "Herman Cohen -- Interviews, Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Herman Cohen, Terror & the Zoo". Archived from the originalon 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
External links
- Black Zoo at IMDb
- Black Zoo at AllMovie
- Black Zoo at a Herman Cohen fansite
