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Queen Kong
Queen Kong
	German theatrical release poster
Directed by	Frank Agrama
Screenplay by	Frank Agrama; Ron Dobrin; Fabio Piccioni
Story by	Fabio Piccioni; Robin Dobria
Starring	Robin Askwith; Rula Lenska; Valerie Leon; Linda Hayden
Cinematography	Ian Wilson
Edited by	David Campling
Music by	Pepper
Production; companies	Cine-Art München ; Dexter Film London
Distributed by	Constantin Film (Germany)
Release date	10 December 1976 (Germany);
Running time	84 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom ; West Germany
Language	English
Budget	$632,000

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Queen Kong is a 1976 British-German adventure comedy film parodying King Kong. The film was never released theatrically in the United Kingdom, due to legal action by Dino De Laurentiis, producer of the 1976 King Kong remake and RKO, the copyright holder of King Kong at the time.^[1] It got a limited release in Italy and Germany. The film has since resurfaced on DVD.

The film has a cult following in Japan. In 1998, a troupe of Japanese comedians produced their own Japanese dialogue for the film, in a similar spirit to Woody Allen's What's Up, Tiger Lily?; this version with the new Japanese dialogue was released on DVD in 2001. The film was novelized by James Moffat and published by Everest Books in 1977.^[2]

It was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around London and Newhaven. In addition, miniature sets were created. They utilised the scale model of London at the now long-defunct Bournemouth theme park Tucktonia.

Plot

This film switches the traditional roles of females and males and reverses the sexes of the original cast of King Kong. The main character Ray Fay plays the damsel in distress, which tends to usually be played by women. He is kidnapped by film director Luce Habit to star in her new African jungle movie. He then finds himself the attraction of an amorous giant female gorilla that pursues him across London.

Main cast

Robin Askwith as Ray Fay
Rula Lenska as Luce Habit
Valerie Leon as Queen of the Nabongas
Roger Hammond as Woolf
Linda Hayden as the Singing Nun
John Clive as Comedian
Carol Drinkwater as Ima Goodbody
Anthony Morton as Antique Dealer
Vicki Michelle as Crew Girl
Anna Bergman as Crew Girl
Geraldine Gardner as Crew Girl
Jeannie Collings as Crew Girl

References

^ ^a ^b "Scan of December 1st 1976 article".
^ "Queen Kong (Novelization)". 11 June 2015.

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[a-1] "Scan of December 1st 1976 article".

[2] "Queen Kong (Novelization)". 11 June 2015.

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+This film switches the traditional roles of females and males and reverses the sexes of the original cast of King Kong. The main character Ray Fay plays the [[damsel in distress]], which tends to usually be played by women. He is kidnapped by film director Luce Habit to star in her new African jungle movie. He then finds himself the attraction of an amorous giant female [[gorilla]] that pursues him across London.
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 *Anthony Morton as Antique Dealer
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