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The Hairy Ape

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6.3(7)19441h 32m1

Aboard ship, a spoiled woman (Susan Hayward) insults the brutish stoker (William Bendix) while watching him work.

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English
  • film noir

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical2 Jul 1944

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The Hairy Ape was released on 2 July 1944.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/21/2026

    6/10

    “Hank” is a ship’s stoker whose sweaty graft keeps the engines running smoothly but also causes spoilt rich girl passenger “Mildred” (Susan Hayward) to recoil in rude horror when she strays into the bowels of his vessel. What we already know about her is that she is a snob; an entitled and supercilious woman who has no idea of just how fortunate she is to be on the rickety freighter that is taking her across the sea …

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