"Stretching north and south of the equator in West Africa  are vast areas of dense forests and swamp lands yet unexplored by white man." "A virgin territory penetrated only by the great Congo River and its tributaries." "Here in this wild, steaming portion of the dark continent  is the home of the 'pongo', native name for the gorilla." "It was here on the fringe of gorilla territory  in a nameless, native village, inhabited by a tribe of fierce negritoes  and entered into the curve which was destined to startle the civilized world." "Calm, my friend." "I promised you should have a chance to escape." "And in return for my aid  you shall bring back to civilization the precious diary of Doctor Dierdorf." "I'll give you my word of honor." "You must succeed." "If you don't, the most astounding discovery of the ages will be lost to the world." "And I will have lived in vain." "There's another way." "Why don't you escape with me?" "The glory of such a discovery should be with you." "Ten years ago, I might've attempted it." "But now it's too late." "You seem young enough to have a fighting chance." "Now, follow my instructions, my friend, and good luck to you." "The white ponga!" "The white ponga?" "I saw it!" "Is there any hope for him, Doc?" "I'm afraid not." "He's just too weak to fight jungle fever." "I don't know how he managed to travel as far as he did." "Do you think you can keep him alive til Sir Harry arrives?" "I expect him any day." "I don't know, Van." "I'm doing everything I can." "I know you are, but..." "If Sir Harry could only hear the astonishing things he's said, it would mean so much." "The man is delirious." "You don't actually believe he saw a white gorilla, do you?" "Oh, yes, I do." "It's the fever." "No, Doc." "There must be some truth behind the story Gunderson's brought back from the interior." " About a white gorilla attacking a native?" " Yes, sir." "Poppycock." "Some drunken trader probably saw it coming out of a bottle of bourbon." "That's what I thought, until Gunderson showed up." "Wait til Sir Harry arrives, and I'll let you in on an amazing discovery." "Come in." "Well!" "Boat's come." "That must be Sir Harry." "Keep a close watch on our patient." "Alright, but you better hurry." "We haven't much time." "Welcome, Mr. and Ms. Bragdon." "Thank you, Peter." "It's so nice to see you again." "Thank you." "Greetings to you, Sir Harry." "Same to you, Van, old chap." "My assistant, Mr. Carswell." "Carswell, this is Peter Van Dorn, one of my oldest and dearest friends." " Good to meet you." " How do you do?" "Oh!" "The bally blasted sparrow, flew up the bleeding spout  then the bally blasted rain came down and drove the blighter out." "Bax!" "Peter, ol' boy, where's the kill?" "I haven't time to explain but there's a man dying at my home who holds the key  to the most amazing anthropological discovery of the century." "Do you mind coming along right away?" "Let's go!" "Baxter, tend to the unloading." " Immediately, sir." " Come, Pam, Carswell." "I don't know." "I saw it." "A white gorilla, with a baby gorilla in his arms." "I saw 'em." "I saw..." "I saw 'em." "What does he mean 'white gorilla'?" "It means that the missing link between man and monkey has not been missed." "This unfortunate man saw it." "Come with me and I'll show you what he brought back from the jungle." "And the old white man who saved Gunderson from death at the hands of the negritoes  was the doctor who had accompanied Dr. Frederick Dierdorf's ill-fated expedition." "Dr. Dierdorf?" "What an amazing story!" "But the white gorilla -- what basis do you have for calling him the missing link?" "I was coming to that." "This box contains Dr. Frederick Dierdorf's personal diary  given to Gunderson by his rescuer." "Here, my friends, is the unmistakeable proof of the existence of the missing link." "The strange beast of similar characteristics  but with the faculty of almost human cerebration." "You mean a gorilla with human intelligence?" "A low grade of intelligence." "Dr. Frederick Dierdorf proved it by applying the standard mentality test." "My word!" "The old chap must've been a bit cracked to be askin' a monkey to say his ABC's." "Cracked or not, Dierdorf's experiment might very well prove the Darwinian theory." "I would certainly enjoy the acclaim which will go to the man which takes the missing link back to civilization." "Oh, Father!" "I've been hoping you'd say that, Sir Harry." "By Jove, it's worth having a go at it." "Good." "We'll depart into gorilla territory any hour." "If you ask me, the whole thing's a hoax -- just monkey business." "Nobody's going to ask you, Carswell." "Gunderson is dead." "It's now become our obligation to follow through where he left off." " Hey, be careful!" " Careful!" "Easy with that stuff!" "I hate to be embarking on this path." "Why?" "Well, I can't see what good can come from finding a white monkey." "And besides, the jungle's no place for a girl like you." "You mean you're beginning to regret that you ever left London, eh?" "Oh, it isn't that." "It's just that I can't help thinking of all the needless dangers you will have to encounter." "Oh, I love excitement, Clive." "You seem to have forgotten that I was born on a safari." "Or, if you'd rather return to London, I'm sure that Father will understand." "Oh, Pam, you know that being with you makes up for all the discomfort." "Come on, get that over." "Come on, let's get that through here." " Good morning, Hans." " Good morning to you." "Hans, I want you to meet the leader of our expedition, Sir Harry Bragdon." "I am honored to come along." "Well, thank you." "I'm pleased that Peter Van Dorn was able to engage a man with your qualifications  to guide us." " My daughter, Ms. Pamela." " How do you do?" "It's a pleasure of mine, 'Fräulein'." " Meet Carswell." " How do you do?" " And Baxter." " Hello." "Now, Hans, if you'll point out our canoes, we're all ready to board." "Yes, sir, boss man." "Number One Boss Man, Harry." "Harry." "Me Number One Porter Boy." "You show boss man's canoe." "Go now." "Follow Number One Porter Boy." "If you follow me, I will show you to your canoes." "Well, what's so interesting?" "One of those riflemen looks as if he might've been a gentleman at some time." "Takes more than a shave to make a gentleman." "Right, ho." "But I'm afraid your definition of a gentleman and mine are quite different." "At about this point  if we pack in through the jungle  we'll come to a trail over the mountain that'll save us over a hundred and fifty miles  of water transport." "By Jove!" "That'll save a lot of time, too." "Nice doing, Hans." "You've been over that trail before, Hans?" "Why, certainly." "Now, about here, we'll come to a point..." "I was just curious to know why you shave every day when none of the guards do." "Habit, Miss." "Carried over from my years in His Majesty's service." "You did service in the world war?" "My father did." "No, ma'am." " Are you in London on commission?" " No, ma'am." "Are you living in France?" "No, ma'am." "You're presuming too much, Bishop." "Your employment as rifleman doesn't entitle you to any social privileges." "I'm sorry, sir." "It won't happen again." "Speaking of presumption, your position as secretary to my father  doesn't give you the right to choose to whom I may talk." "But he's so obviously beneath you, Pam." "Mr. Bishop did not presume anything." "I talked to him." "And I'll do so again, whenever and wherever I please." "And if I were you, I wouldn't presume too much upon his good nature." "It might prove rather awkward." "And how far from the mountain is that negritoe village?" "About two hundred miles northeast as the crow flies." "About there." "We're about ready to shove off, my dear." "All of your things to the boat?" " Yes, Father, but " " But, what?" "Well, I was wondering if I could have Bishop for my personal guard instead of Springer." "Very well." "You shall have Bishop." "Take care of it, Hans." "I hope that you haven't been up to something." "Oh, not at all, only..." "Well, I've been observing the way Bishop does things and..." "Well, I think he's more capable." "I quite agree with you, my dear." "You've been promoted, Bishop." "From rear guard to personal guard for Fräulein Bragdon." "On whose orders?" "On the Fräulein's." "You're a fast worker, my friend." "You're crazy." "I haven't spoken two words to the girl." "Besides, I like my present duty." "Don't be too cold." "If you play your cards right, you've got a chance to marry a fortune." "I'm satisfied." "Whatever you say, but you're her guard, so you better do your duty." "You don't like your present duty, do you?" "It's not so hard." "I expected it to be a bit more bold." "You don't like being my personal guard, is that it?" "I don't like being made into guilt while you punish your admirer." "Mr. Carswell doesn't interest me, if that's what you mean." "I don't think you're capable of being interested in anything but yourself." " You're very rude!" " And very uncouth." "Also a congenital liar." "Besides, I'm positively blind to women these days." "Most women." "This is the village we've been seeking." "I told the chief we were just passing through to hunt the white gorilla." "Said the white gorilla had killed one of his warriors." "Ask him about the old white man who gave the diary to Gunderson." "I'm afraid that wouldn't be wise here." "It might make them more suspicious of us than they are." "So what do you propose?" "I'll ask the chief if he'll allow us to camp here for a few days, to allow us to rest and do some trading." "If the white man's still here, he'll seek us." "Quite right, Hans." "We bow to your better judgement." "The chief says we can stay here long enough to do some trading but we can't camp in the village." "Not sociable, is he?" "Well, I can't say I blame the old boy." "He's probably had good reason for it." "Have reporters break out under the common goods for trading." "Yes, sir." " Mumbo Jumbo!" " Coming!" "It's that old Caucasian!" "Yes, sir." "Do you think he's the man we are looking for?" "There's only one way to find out." "How do you do, sir?" "How do you do?" "And whom do I have the pleasure of addressing?" "I'm Sir Harry Bragdon, Royal Society of Explorers." "And this is Peter Van Dorn, my good friend, and noted anthropologist." "Why, this is indeed a pleasure!" "I'm quite familiar with your contributions to science." "Perhaps you are familiar with the works of my former colleague, Dr. Frederick Dierdorf." "Why, Dr. Dierdorf was responsible for our coming here." "Well, I should say, his diary." "Well, then Gunderson got back alive?" "Yes, but he died of jungle fever, a few days after he reached the Mojave." "You said the diary has brought you here." "Is it your intention to search for the missing link?" "Yes, and we need your help." "Come with me." "Sorry I have no chairs to offer you." "Hope you don't mind the floor." "I'll be with you in a moment." " Not at all." " Quite alright." "My name doesn't matter." "I was the anthropologist who accompanied the Frederick Dierdorf Expedition." "Anyhow, Dierdorf was my friend." "And I stuck by him after the others had deserted." "And I was a witness to his murder by the missing link." "Doctor, we are very anxious to know what you have in this bag." "Oh, yes." "I was going to show you some photos I made." "I was afraid to entrust them to Gunderson." "Now, that is Dr. Frederick Dierdorf." "In my opinion, one of the world's greatest anthropologists." "The other members of the expedition with a portion of our commoner's camp." "In gorilla territory." "Do you suppose there's any part of their camp still standing?" "Hardly." "After ten years?" "It was a constant fight then to keep the jungle out." "These photographs are priceless, doctor." "We'll guard them with our lives." "Well, there are others there, showing the missing link reacting to some intelligence tests we made  which you can study at your leisure." "But this one shows him full-grown, at five years." "Just a few weeks before he broke out of his cage  and murdered Dierdorf." "We are deeply indebted to you, doctor." "Isn't there something we can do for you in return?" "Perhaps on our return, you'd like to go back to civilization with us?" "No." "I'd rather not." "My life years are growing short  and my mission -- if you can call it such  is about finished." "Now, this map will guide you to Dierdorf's camp." "And I'd advise you to redo it and use it as base of all future activity." "Otherwise, you may traverse the entire length and breadth of the Congo  and never catch sight of a single gorilla." "I assume, from your suggestion, that Dr. Dierdorf used some methods to lure the gorillas into his camp." "Yes, his method was quite simple." "He discovered that the majum plant was a choice food for the gorilla." "And so he planted it all around his camp." "You'll find some photos of the majum in those." "Here you are, mother, if you don't own a fair kimono." "You can use 'em for mopping floors." "I wondered what was interesting you." "Want me to get you a handbag?" "No, thanks." "And if I were you, I wouldn't do any shooting around this village unless it's absolutely necessary." "We're ready to shove off, whenever you give the word." "The sooner the better." "Just what I was going to recommend." "The aboriginals are not very friendly." "The chief and his witch doctor might be planning for ambush on the camp through the night." "What would you advise, Hans?" "He says better travel fifteen miles from the village." "We need to get Hans." "Where's Ms. Pamela?" "She and her charge are down by the river." "Get everything ready to leave immediately." "Yes, sir." " Pam!" " Yes, Father?" "It's become necessary to travel at once." "Why don't you snatch a few minutes?" "I'll gladly keep watch." "I'm not tired." "I'm used to long watches." "Well, if you change your mind, let me know." "Thanks." "Pongo tracks!" "Going that way!" "I think these are fresh tracks." "We ought to follow them." "What do you think, Hans?" "Why not clear off a space and set up a temporary camp?" "Then, if you wish to do some exploring, you have a base to operate from." "You're right again, Hans." "My enthusiasm has run away with me." "I'm glad somebody still has enthusiasm." "I'm afraid I lost mine crossing that swamp." "Very well, Hans." "Let's camp here." "Perhaps a good rest will give my morale a lift." "Hey, look what I've found!" "What is it?" "An animal cage!" "Good going, Bishop." "This must be the spot!" "It's ready." "Your gorilla trap is all set for the blighters." "Now all we've gotta do is plant majum all around the place and onto the cover." "Yes, and pray for the white gorilla to get hungry, eh?" "If it worked for Dr. Dierdorf, it will work for us." "Hold your scepticism." "I was only joking." "How will we know if the trap has sprung if we're inside the stockade?" "Why, due to a slight improvement by Baxter over the Dierdorf model." "Now, ya see that there bell up there?" "Here's by way of a demonstration if you'll all step aside, I'll show ya how it goes." "Fasten this in here." "Now, we'll stand here and listen for it." "Comes along and gets a whiff of the majum." "So he ups to the windfall to whet his appetite." "And he's a greedy blighter, he eats his way right up to the trap  where there's a whole bunch of it out in the center." "So, he steps right out there to see what he can do about it..." "Ya see how that works, Ms. Pamela?" "Looks like Baxter's invention is a bloomin' success." "Looks as if I can do the same." "That's what I get for makin' a blasted monkey of me." "So, that's the blasted stink I been smelling', mate." "That's it." "Gorilla bait." "Well, compared to the livery stable, it smells like a newblown rose." "I'm glad the Creator didn't make a monkey outta me!" "Well, it's half past seven." "Time for cribbage." "Go ahead and get it." "I'll watch the gate while you're gone." "Alright, I'll relieve you when the hunting party gets back." "Take your time, take your time." "They won't be back for hours yet." "Alright." "Beautiful night." "What do you say?" "Would you like a chance to win back the twenty shillings I took from you last night?" " Sure, I'd like to have revenge." " How 'bout you, Bishop?" "Some other time." "I don't feel lucky tonight." "You can cock me a hand." "I might as well lose my money to you " " I've no place to spend it." "Good night, Pamela." "Wait, Pam." "I want to talk to you." "Well?" "You're not playing fair with me, Pam." "What do you mean?" "Well, ever since we've been in Africa, you've been treating me like a stranger." "Well, I'm afraid it's your fault, Clive." "I've rather resented behaviour towards me." "But you know I love you." "And I'm very fond of you, but..." "But please don't mistake my friendship for more than it was intended." "Oh, I see." "Let's be good friends." "What do you say?" "Well, what can I say?" "Good night, Clive." "Good night." "Oh, Father!" "It was horrible!" "Tell me, dear, what's the matter?" "I just saw a huge beast, looking in at me through the window." "There's nothing out there, Pamela." "Oh, but it was there." "I saw it." "A huge beast with flaming eyes." "Control yourself, my dear." "You were probably having a nightmare." "No, Father, I was wide awake." "It was real." "But there's no beast that could get over our blockade walls." "No?" "Couldn't a gorilla?" "Now I know you were dreaming." "Gorillas are not climbing beasts." "Sir Harry!" "Sir Harry!" "Oh, there's nothing wrong." "Pamela was dreaming she saw a gorilla looking in her window." "It was so realistic she woke up screaming." "Bishop, you'd better take a look around." "Okay." "Good evening, Mr. Bishop." "Good evening, Ms. Bragdon." "I didn't intend to disturb you." "Please sit down." "After you, ma'am." "Don't be ridiculous." "Why should anyone observe the social niceties here?" "This isn't civilization." "It's the jungle." "A man shouldn't forget to pay his respect to a charming lady, even in the jungle, Ms. Bragdon." "It is only to remind you that I'm not that." "Stop addressing me as Ms. Bragdon." "I'm Pamela, and you're Geoffrey." "You take your filthy hands off her!" "Clive!" "What's going on here?" "Answer me, Bishop." "Why did you strike Carswell?" "I'm sorry, sir." "I must've lost my temper." "Go on, why don't you tell him?" "Why don't you tell him how I found her in your arms?" "Your kissing her?" "I resent such presumption, Bishop." "You're engaged as a rifleman, not to make love to my daughter." "I must've lost my head." "I'm sorry, sir." "You've lost my confidence and respect." "If it were possible, I'd send you back to Mojave." "But, Father, it was all my fault." "I " "I'll talk to you later." "Go to your room." " But, Father!" " Pamela!" "You are no longer a trustworthy guard for my daughter." "And if you so much as speak to her again, I'll have you put under arrest." " Understand?" " Yes, sir." "By Jove, we've trapped him!" "Well!" "We've caught the gorilla, alright, but not the white one." "I'm satisfied the trap works." "That gives me hope." "What are you going to do, shoot it?" "Don't be an idiot." "If we kill him, all our effort will be wasted." "We'll never have another gorilla come near the place." "Baxter, put the ladder down for him." "Right, sir." "We'll give him a chance to get out." "Nasty gorilla." "Cheerio, old chap." "I wanna talk to you, Hans." "What's on your mind?" "Well, I'm fed up with this." "I'm sick of wasting my time trying to find a white monkey." "So?" "You told me that you had a definite purpose in joining this expedition." "Supposing I have?" "Well, I'd like to throw in with you if there's a chance." "Without knowing my objective?" "Well, anything would be better than this." "If you throw in with us, there can be no backing out, understand?" "And if we fail, you'll risk being hanged with the rest of us." "Well?" "I'll do anything if I can take Pamela with me." "Oh, I don't know about that." "Haven't figured on taking a woman along." "Suppose she objects to going with you?" "And suppose Sir Harry objects to your plans." "That isn't going to stop you, is it?" "You can take her, but she'll be your responsibility." "Alright." "I can tell you our plans now." "I know of a fabulous gold field." "And by borrowing Bragdon's safari  we can bring out enough of the shiny metal to make us rich as the bank of England." "I'm with you all the way." "Come with me." "This is an outrage!" "I'll spend every penny I possess to prosecute you two!" "Spoutin' off won't help ya none, Sir Harry." "It's best to bargain with the blighters." "Carswell, I would never have though you'd be part of this criminal venture." " You must be mad." " Shut up." "Tie them up." "Mumbo Jumbo!" "My friends..." "We are taking all the guns and supplies with us." "And if you make no attempt to follow, we will leave cash on the riverbank... a two-day trek from here." "With care, it will be sufficient to get you back to Mojave." "But if you attempt to follow  we will leave nothing." "Come on, Pam, you're coming with us." "Oh, no, I'm not." "How dare you, you insolent young bounder!" " Don't be a fool, Carswell." " You're askin' to get your bloomin' neck scratched!" " You coming, Pam?" " No, I'm not." "Alright, Mumbo Jumbo, bring the Fräulein with us." "Boss man say come you." "Don't you dare touch me!" "Bravo, Bishop!" "Nice goin', Bish, ol' boy." "Now, if we only had some guns, we could take off after the blighters and turn the tables on 'em." "If we only had some cartridges." "Perhaps we'll soon have both." "Sure, Carswell's going to leave them for us on the riverbank." "You didn't really believe that, did you?" "Didn't you?" "My dear friends, they can't possibly afford for us to get out of here alive." "You really mean that he's cold-blooded enough to leave us stranded without food or guns?" "It wouldn't be the first time, Van Dorn." "You seem to know quite a bit about Herr Kroegert." "It's part of my job." "I'm afraid I'm not quite what I seem." "You see, I joined your society under orders from the Regent's Secret Service." "About eighteen months ago  the bodies of party of prospectors were found in the bush." "Each man shot through the head." "We discovered they'd hired a guide." "The guide's body wasn't there." "Further, it was established there were two other members of the original party  riflemen, hired by the same guide." "Their bodies weren't there either." "Web and Springer." "Very possibly." "Yes, but what are we gonna do for guns and supplies?" "I've taken care of that." "Bishop, I owe you an apology." "There isn't time for that now." "Every minute that Pamela's with Kroegert, she's in danger." "If you'll take command, we'll follow you." "Good enough." "Come on." "No, Fräulein." "It would be very foolish to attempt it." "You might become the prey of some wild beast." "Mumbo Jumbo!" "Make it fast, let's go." "Come on, hurry up with that canoe back there." "All aboard, everybody." "Alright, boys." "Didn't you hear me?" "I said all aboard." "But you promised to leave food and guns on the bank for Father and the others." "I've changed my mind, Fräulein." "But you've got to." "If you don't, they'll starve to death." "It's either their lives or mine, Fräulein, and I believe in self-preservation." "Clive, you can't let him do this." "It's the same as murder!" "She's right, it would be murder." "You've got to give them a fighting chance." "Shut up!" "Won't be needing advice from that." "Now, get aboard, both of you." "Pam!" "Pam!" "You've got a lot of British spunk in you." "The orders you've got to learn to obey them." "Now, get up, Fräulein." "I've no more time to waste." "Carswell was dead when we reached him." "So we hurried on up to Kroegert." "There was no sign of him anywhere." "Then all of the sudden, we heard the savage roar of a jungle beast." "Kroegert cried for help, then it dragged him screaming." "We finally found them." "Kroegert had been killed by a huge gorilla." "He was holdin' Ms. Bragdon in his arms." "And he was a white gorilla." "Looks like some lion found Kroegert's body during the night." "Yes." "Gorilla tracks." "From now on we'll have to be careful not to overlook any sign." "We'll probably find lots of those tracks, but the deeper ones, we'll have to follow." "The white gorilla was carrying over a hundred pounds of extra weight." "Come on!" "Pamela!" "Pamela!" "Don't shoot to kill!" "You nasty brute, you!" "Shut up!" "Quiet down now!" "Quiet down!" "Yeah, that'll hold us til we get back to dear old London." "I certainly hope his disposition improves." "There's a plane comin' this way." "Well, the blinking' missin' link is all ready to go bye-bye." "And we've gathered enough majum to feed 'em for a year." "Well, I can hardly wait until we get back to London." "I know a couple of anthropologists who will get the surprise of their lives when we exhibit him." "You really think he's the missing link between man and monkey?" "I am convinced that he is." "In the few tests we've been able to make  he has shown a much higher intelligence quotient than any other ape we've ever heard of." "Well, whether he is or not, he's going to be the subject of controversy for the next fifty years." "And his appearance will startle the world." "Pardon me, Bishop." "Do you think the white gorilla will -- ?"