Dinosaur, eh?
Yes, Jack...
...a prehistoric beast.
Say, just look at the length of that brute.
If I could only bring back one of these alive.
- Watch that tail! He's still alive. - Come on, looks like he's standing up.
He's through. Come on.
Come on, men.
Boy, one swipe of that.
- Hear that? - Yeah. What is it?
That's him, boys. Come on.
Here. Here's his mark again.
- There's water ahead. - He's down in that fog somewhere.
Yes, that's him splashing through. Come on.
Be careful.
Now, watch the step-off, boys.
Must have swum across.
Yeah, it'll be tough for us with these guns and bombs.
- What about these logs for a raft? - Good idea.
Come, fellas. Get busy.
Put those guns down on the bank and get going.
Move!
Come on with those poles.
All set, everybody?
Shove off!
- Hear anything? - No, he's miles away by now.
We'll be able to pick up his trail all right.
Listen.
Quiet.
What was it?
Hang on, men.
Look out. Here he comes.
Come on.
Hey, Jack. Jack Driscoll.
- Hey, Jack. - Denham.
- It didn't get you, huh? - No, I got to cover, same as you.
- Think we're safe? - There are two of us...
...left alive to save her. - I can't get across now.
Don't want you to. Lam back and get more bombs.
Why, you wouldn't follow that beast alone.
Someone's gotta stay on his trail.
I'll get a chance, sneak her away.
I'll figure a way to signal you where he's taken her.
- I guess that's our only out. - Sure it is. Get going.
Don't get killed till you see Englehorn.
Okay, Jack. Good luck.
Skipper, this Kong is the biggest thing in the world.
He shook those men off that log like they were flies.
All those men lost. It's incredible.
Driscoll said he'd try and signal us if he found Ann.
- We'll never see them again. - Don't give up.
- There's chance for Driscoll. - Wait for daylight.
We'll bridge the ravine. Where's that case of bombs?
- Here, sir. - This...
This monster you've seen, you think your bombs will stop him?
If we can get close enough to use them, you bet they'll stop him.
- Had any trouble with the natives? - Yes, after you left.
- What happened? - We fired volleys over...
...their heads, they ran like rabbits.
Gunpowder's new in their lives?
- They're terrified. - They haven't shown up.
Take a man on the wall, keep your eyes peeled.
We leave at dawn, if we get a signal or not.
Yes, sir.
Hey, look.
Hey, below, Mr. Denham. Captain Englehorn.
Mr. Driscoll and the lady, they're coming back.
Come on, fellas.
Are you both all right?
Pint, Jack. Here.
I'm all right.
What happened? How did you do it?
- Came down the river. - Oh, Jack.
There, there, you're safe now.
We'll have you back on the ship in no time.
Wait a minute. What about Kong?
Well, what about him?
We came to get a movie, and we found something worth...
...more than all the movies in the world. - What?
We've got those gas bombs.
- If we can capture him alive... - Why, you're crazy.
He's on a cliff where a whole army...
...couldn't get at him. - Yeah, if he stays there...
...but we've got something he wants.
Yeah, something he won't get again.
Hey, look out. It's Kong. Kong's coming.
Come around. Come here and hold the gates. Quick.
- Denham, natives are coming. - Good work. Come on.
Hey, come back with those bombs, you...
Come on. Come on. I got him.
He'll be out for hours. Send to the ship.
- For anchor chains and tools. - What will you do?
A raft to float him to the ship. The whole world will pay to see this.
- No chains will hold that. - We'll give him more than chains.
He's always been king of his world, but we'll teach him fear.
We're millionaires, boys. I'll share it with all of you.
In a few months, it'll be up in lights on Broadway:
"Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World."
Say, what's Denham got anyway?
It better be good after all this ballyhoo.
Heavens, what a mob.
Well, you would come. These tickets cost me 20 bucks.
I can't sit so near the screen. It hurts my eyes.
This is not a moving picture, madam.
What? Mr. Denham makes those pictures...
...of those darling monkeys and tigers and things.
This is in the nature of a personal appearance.
Well, I never. I thought I was gonna see something.
- Say, what is it anyhow? - I hear it's a kind of a gorilla.
Gee, ain't we got enough of them in New York?
I don't like to look at him.
It makes me think of that awful day on the island.
I wouldn't have brought you, but you know how Denham insisted.
We had to come when he said it would help the show.
Do you think we'll make a lot of money?
Well, enough to pay him back for these clothes anyway.
It's the first time I ever had on one of these open-front suits.
Hello, there. Just in time. Gee, Ann, you look great.
I'm glad I dressed you up for this show. Well, Jack, $ 10,000 in the box office.
- Not bad for one night. - That's a lot of money.
We're gonna do that every night.
- Look at the size of that. - I hope he's tied up tight.
Sure he is. Denham's taking no chances.
Here are the press. Come in, boys.
- This is Ms. Darrow and Mr. Driscoll. - How do you do?
Mr. Driscoll saved you from the ape?
Yes. He was alone too. All the sailors with him had been killed.
- How did you ever tackle that baby? - Well, Mr. Denham got him.
The rest of us were running scared.
He had the nerve to stand there and chuck bombs.
Oh, so you're the hero. Come on, give us a story.
Here now, wait a minute. Lay off me, boys.
Miss Darrow is the story. If it hadn't been for her...
...we couldn't have gotten near Kong. He followed her.
- Beauty and the beast, huh? - That's it.
Play up that angle, beauty and the beast.
Kong could have stayed safe...
...but he couldn't stay away from beauty.
- That's your story, boys. - That's a lead story, all right.
- How about some pictures? - Just a minute.
Come on the stage. Take pictures in front of the audience.
I'll make a speech and tell them about Kong, Darrow...
...Driscoll. When I call you, come take pictures.
- Okay. - That's fine.
Stand by, Ann, when I call you.
Now, now, it's all right.
We've knocked some of the fight out of him since you saw him.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am here tonight to tell you a very strange story.
A story so strange that no one will believe it.
But, ladies and gentlemen, seeing is believing...
...and we, my partners and I...
...have brought back the living proof of our adventure.
...an adventure in which 12 of our party met horrible deaths.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, before I tell you any more...
...I am going to show you the greatest thing your eyes ever beheld.
He was a king and a god in the world he knew...
...but now he comes to civilization merely a captive...
...a show to gratify your curiosity.
Ladies and gentlemen, look at Kong.
The Eighth Wonder of the World.
And now I want to introduce Miss Ann Darrow...
...the bravest girl I have ever known.
There the beast and here the beauty.
She has lived through an experience no other woman ever dreamed of.
And she was saved from the very grasp of Kong by her future husband.
I want you to meet a very brave gentleman, Mr. John Driscoll.
And now before I tell you the full story of our voyage...
...I will ask the gentlemen of the press to come forward...
...so that the audience may see them take the first photographs...
...of Kong and his captors.
All right, boys.
Miss Darrow first, alone. Stand in front of Kong, Ann.
- All set? Make it a good one. - Okay.
Shoot.
Don't be alarmed. Those chains are made of chrome steel.
- It's all right, Ann. - Get them together, boys.
- They're going to be married tomorrow. - Put your arm around her, Driscoll.
Wait a minute. Hold on.
- He thinks you're attacking the girl. - All the roaring, swell picture.
Come on, it's loose!
Send the riot squad and ambulances. Kong has escaped.
You're safe now, dear.
It's like a horrible dream.
It's like being back on the island again.
Now, it's all right. Don't worry.
I'm gonna stay right here with you.
Anyhow, you know they're bound to get him.
Jack, he's climbing up outside there.
- He's got Ann. He's taken her up. - The roof, quick.
Ann, Ann!
How can we follow him? What'll we do?
Fire department searchlights on the roof.
Yeah, they'll keep him in sight.
Attention all stations. Kong is going west.
He is making for the Empire State Building.
Stand by for further reports.
- If he goes up there, what can we do? - We won't get near him.
Kong is climbing the Empire State Building.
He is still carrying Ann Darrow. That is all.
That licks us.
- One thing we haven't thought of. - What?
Airplanes. If he should put Ann down...
...and they fly close to pick him without her...
You're right. Planes.
Call the field.
- Here come the planes. - They'll get him.
- Can they shoot him and not hit Ann? - They'll be shooting.
Ann. Ann, hang on, dear.
- Ann, are you all right? - Jack!
Just a moment. Wait a minute.
Let me through. My name is Denham.
Just a moment. Oh, lieutenant.
- Lieutenant, I'm Carl Denham. - Carl Denham.
Denham? Oh, that's the man that captured the monster.
Well, Denham, the airplanes got him.
Oh, no, it wasn't the airplanes.
It was beauty killed the beast.