Mighty Joe Young (1949)
"Merian Cooper's amazing adventure in the unusual!"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 76%
(RT: 91%, MC: 61) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Terry Moore as Jill Young
Robert Armstrong as Max O'Hara
Frank McHugh as Windy
Douglas Fowley as Jones
Denis Greene as Crawford
Paul Guilfoyle as Smith
Nestor Paiva as Brown
Is Mighty Joe Young good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 126 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 76%.
Overview
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star. Wikipedia ↗
