White Pongo (1945)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Absolutely the worst movie.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

This is your average run of the mill 1940s jungle B-film complete with people dressed up in gorilla suits, tribal people, rich white adventurers, stock footage of real animals, lame comedy, a budding romance between 2 lead characters and lots of silly dialogue. If you've seen one of these films then you've basically seen them all.It takes the group half of the film to get to their destination. The film padded heavily with scenes of real animals and lots of stuff of the budding romance and other unrelated stuff to the heart of the story.The film is not worth watching unless you are like me and found it in a 50-pack and simply want to watch all the films in the pack and review another seen film. BTW I acquired this in the Sci-Fi Classics 50-Pack and it's NOT a Sci-Fi.2/10

I wish I had a dollar for every film made about the African jungle or that featured some knucklehead dressed up in a gorilla costume during the 1930s and 40s--I'd be a millionaire. Sure, in this case it's a WHITE gorilla, but it's still at heart a movie like so many others.The film begins with a man escaping and making his way through the jungle back to civilization. During this torturous trek, he sees a white gorilla and once rescued he babbled on and on about it. How his rescuers took this to mean that this albino gorilla was some sort of "missing link", I have no idea and they soon set off to look for the beast.There must be something about the jungle, as some sort of aphrodisiac must grown in the wild. First, two men in the party fall for the lone lady in the group. Then later, Pongo (the white gorilla) himself and a black gorilla ALSO fall for this hottie! I could say more about the film, but frankly who cares?! Yet another man in gorilla suit film AND the gorilla becomes infatuated with the lady--haven't we seen this before....many times? Overall, a dull and not particularly inspiring film. I wish I could get as excited about the film like some of the other reviewers, but I just got bored with the film almost as soon as it started.

I've just watched White Pongo for the first time and found it great fun. It's one of those movies that is unintentionally funny.A group of scientists from London head to the jungles of Africa to search for a missing link white gorilla creature that lives there. They intend to capture it. They find it and, as often happens in these sort of movies the creature takes a fancy to the only woman in the party and kidnaps her and takes her to its home, a cave. She manages to escape and the gorilla (Ray Corrigan in a white gorilla suit) has a fight with another gorilla (a man in a monkey suit) and is then captured.This movie is several unintentionally funny moments, including that fight at the end. We also get to see several other men in monkey suits romping about. White Pongo himself looks more like a Yeti to me.As mentioned above, White Pongo is played by Ray Corrigan who has often played gorillas in movies and his others include Nabonga and The White Gorilla. He also was in the sleuth suit in Unknown Island and played the monster in It! The Terror From Beyond Space.White Pongo is certainly worth viewing. Great fun.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

This is the kind of film that kids will enjoy and does not contain a lot of violence. The setting looked good with a lot of jungle greenery and men in gorilla suits. There is actually a plot to this thing. I would have rather had the plot revolve around looking for and trying to capture a rare white gorilla than looking for a white ape that they suppose to be the 'missing link',,,but I guess the 'link' bit adds something(??). Check out the filmography of Wrixen and Fraser, the native safari guide named, believe it or not..Mumbo Jumbo, they were accomplished actors and played in many notable films. White Pongo is not bad but not good either. There is decent character development and a slight surprise near the end. Ape gets girl, ape looses girl, guy gets girl. Happy ending. Good clean fun.