Kongo (1932) On DVD

Actor:          Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Bruce, C. Henry Gordon                               
Director:      William Cowen
Genre:         Drama
Year:            1932
Studio:         Warner/Allied Vaughn
Length:        142
Released:    May 3, 2011
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:   English
Subtitles  :   N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Some eight months after the release of Freaks, another bizarre and unforgettable movie stunned screen audiences – the feverish tale of black magic and sadism called Kongo. Reprising his stage role, dynamic Walter Huston stars as wheelchair-bound Flint, a ruthless, would-be jungle chieftain who uses the bullets of “boom sticks” and the deception of parlor magic he calls juju to keep African locals in his thrall while he carries out a long-festering plan of revenge against the man who beat and crippled him. Brutality, sexuality, depravity – all are at the forefront of this disturbing yet transfixing pre-Code shocker previously filmed as the Lon Chaney-Lionel Barrymore silent West of Zanzibar.