King Kong Escapes

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1968. Vintage banner poster for US release of the 1967 Japanese-American kaiju film. Rare in this size format.

The fourth film in the King Kong franchise. Loosely based on the animated Rankin/Bass' television series "The King Kong Show," the first anime-based series produced in Japan for an American company, which was aired on ABC from 1966 through 1969, and the second and final Toho-produced film featuring King Kong (preceded by the 1963 film "King Kong vs. Godzilla") until the 2021 film "Godzilla vs. Kong."

A robot duplicate of King Kong, Mechani-Kong, is manufactured to dig for the highly radioactive Element X. When Mechani-Kong is unable to dig for the material, the evil Doctor Who and Madame Piranha decide to kidnap the real Kong.

82 x 24 inches. Very Good, with a chip missing at the top left corner, several closed tears to the bottom right margin, and cello and paper tape repairs to the verso of the bottom right. Colors bright and unfaded.

[Book #164198]