Mighty Joe Young (1949) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack.

Cast

• Terry Moore as Jill Young
• Ben Johnson as Gregg Johnson
• Robert Armstrong as Max O'Hara
• Frank McHugh as Windy
• Douglas Fowley as Jones
• Denis Greene as Crawford
• Paul Guilfoyle as Smith
• Nestor Paiva as Brown
• Regis Toomey as John Young
• Lora Lee Michel as Jill (as a child)
• James Flavin as Schultz
• Mary Field as Secretary (uncredited)
• Ellen Corby as Orphanage matron (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Nightclub patron (uncredited)
• Iris Adrian as Gloria (uncredited)
• Jack Pennick as Sam (uncredited)
• Joyce Compton as Alice (uncredited)
• Byron Foulger as Jones (uncredited)
• Addison Richards as Attorney (uncredited)
• Henry Kulky as Strong Man (uncredited)
• Dwayne Hickman as Boy (uncredited)
• Richard Farnsworth as Cowboy (uncredited)
• Charles Lane as Producer (uncredited)
• Kermit Maynard as Red (uncredited)
• Irene Ryan as Southern Belle at the Bar (uncredited)
• William Schallert as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• Fay Wray as Woman's Scream (uncredited)
• Ivan Rasputin as Strongman (uncredited)
• Harry Strang as Policeman with Tramp (uncredited)
• William 'Wee Willie' Davis as Strongman (uncredited)
• Robert Tafur as Headwaiter (uncredited)
• Archie Twitchell as Reporter
• Jacqueline Dalya as Nightclub Dancer (uncredited)
• Sammy Menacker as Strong Man
• Herschel Graham as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Young Family Servant (Uncredited)

Crew

• Ernest B. Schoedsack — Director
• Ruth Rose — Screenplay
• Merian C. Cooper — Producer
• J. Roy Hunt — Director of Photography
• Roy Webb — Original Music Composer

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