Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 movie about a giant gorilla. Willis O'Brien won an Academy Award for the special effects in the movie. It stars Terry Moore, Robert Armstrong (who played in another giant gorilla movie called "King Kong" in 1933) and Ben Johnson in his movie debut (first movie). "Mighty Joe Young" was remade in 1998 starring Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton.