this ritz brother vehicle feature them a detective hire to protect lawyer walter stevens ( lionel atwell ) from the gorilla and a killer work under the guise of an escaped circus animal . garrity and harrigan and and mullivan ( jimmy and harry and and al ritz ) discover that be really heiress norma denby ( anita louise ) who may be the target of the killer . to complicate thing even far and a real escaped gorilla show up to befuddle our trio of detective and accord to the dvd sleeve synopsis . another in the long line of comedy in the haunt house caper and the gorilla work well if youre familiar with the ritz brother and and unfamiliar with the often filmed storyline . it will also help if you like movie feature men in gorilla suit . director allan dwan and photographer edward cronjager make it look all right . the cast be strengthen by a high key performance from literary maid patsy kelly ( a kitty ) and and a low key play by butler bela lugosi ( a peter ) while their name and kitty and peter and be certainly amuse . the gorilla ( 5/26/39 ) allan dwan ~ harry ritz and patsy kelly and bela lugosi .