the first time i ever heard of this title i think it be a joke while it be in reference to a movie poster for the film . ever since and i have be on the lookout for the movie in any form and and today be my lucky day and in a manner of speaking . not only do i find the dvd for just a buck and but the picture quality be excellent . that where the superlative end however and though a other reviewer have point out and this one merit view just because it so goofy and entertain . the martin and lewis shtick get stand on it ear by duke mitchell and sammy petrillo and a couple of character i have never hear of and yet they appear here use their own name . bela lugosi get to use his own name in the title and but portrays dr. zabor and a mad scientist work on experiment in evolution on the pacific island of cola cola . but the best casting decision in more way than one be the role of charlita a nona and reminiscent of the part play by zulu a kono in the hawaii five o tv series of the late 1960 . i mean and what the point and why not let them use their own name too . l i forget to mention it and the plot ( if there be one ) involve the jealous dr. zabor inject duke with his monkey serum and turn him into a man in a gorilla suit . talk about typecast if you need a man in a gorilla suit in the 1940 and you call ray crash corrigan and a veteran of a fair share of b western who somehow wind up in such monkey shine a the ape ( 1940 ) and nabonga ( 1944 ) and the monster and the ape ( 1945 ) . a an ape and corrigan be no andy serkis but he fun to watch . i guess fun be the operative word for this film . there nothing here to be take seriously at all and and bela lugosi must have know that too because he spend a good deal of time smile broadly in the movie . for once i do not feel victimize by the film end when it reveal that the island action be all a dream . but it could after all have actually happen and since passaic and new jersey isn not that far from the bronx zoo .