Queen Kong is a 1976 British-West German adventure comedy film directed by Frank Agrama and starring Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska and Valerie Leon. It was written by Agram, Ron Dobrin and Fabio Piccioni. The film is a parody of King Kong.
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Plot
This film switches the traditional roles of females and males and reverses the sexes 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 attraction of an amorous 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
Production
The film was shot at Shepperton Studios and on location around London and Newhaven. In addition, miniature sets were created. They utilised the scale model of London at the now defunct Bournemouth theme park Tucktonia.
Release
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. It got a limited release in Italy and Germany. The film has since been released on DVD.
Japanese parody
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.
Novelisation
The film was novelized by James Moffat and published by Everest Books in 1977.