Konga is a 1961 British/Ameerican international co-production science fiction film directed by John Lemont and starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns and Austin Trevor. It was shot at Merton Park Studios and in Croydon for Anglo Amalgamated then distributed in the United States by American International Pictures . Anglo Amalgamated and AIP each provided half the funding for the US$500,000 film with each studio receiving distribution rights in their respective hemispheres. The film was the basis for a comic-book series published by Charlton Comics in the 1960s. British botanist Charles Decker... goes insane after he discovers a serum that turns his chimpanzee subject Konga into a ferocious gorilla-sized ape. To further his hideous experiments, Decker mesmerizes the chimp and sends it to London to kill all his former enemies. Among his targets is Bob Kenton, the lover of Sandra Banks, the woman the doctor wants for himself. After Konga strangles Bob to death, Decker attempts to make Sandra his own.
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| Release date: | 1961 |
| Directed by: | John Lemont, John Lemont |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Herman Cohen, Stuart J. Levy |
| Cinematography: | Desmond Dickinson |
| Genre: | Science Fiction |