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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.

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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[1]

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 utilising 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 all the genders 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 amorous attraction of a 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

External links

• Queen Kong at IMDb
• Queen Kong at the TCM Movie Database
• (in French) Queen Kong on Nanarland

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