Konga (film)

Konga
Konga
	Theatrical release poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	John Lemont
Written by	Herman Cohen; Aben Kandel
Produced by	Herman Cohen; Nathan Cohen; Stuart Levy
Starring	Michael Gough; Margo Johns; Jess Conrad; Claire Gordon
Cinematography	Desmond Dickinson
Edited by	Jack Slade
Music by	Gerard Schurmann
Production; company	Anglo Amalgamated
Distributed by	Anglo Amalgamated (Eastern hemisphere); American International Pictures (Western hemisphere)
Release dates	26 March 1961 (United Kingdom); 22 March 1961 (Boston); 3 May 1961 (United States);
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Budget	$500,000 or £300,000

Konga is a 1961 Eastmancolor monster film directed by John Lemont and starring Michael Gough, Margo Johns and Austin Trevor.^[2] It was written by Herman Cohen and Aben Kandel.

It was the basis for a comic book series published by Charlton Comics and initially drawn by Steve Ditko (prior to Ditko's co-creation of Spider-Man) in the 1960s.^[3]

^ "World markets". Kine Weekly. 16 March 1961. p. 9.
^ "Konga". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
^ "Steve Ditko". Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

[1] "World markets". Kine Weekly. 16 March 1961. p. 9.

[BFIsearch-2] "Konga". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

[3] "Steve Ditko". Archived from the original on 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2017-12-12.

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Konga (film)

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