Where to Watch The Ape (1940)

Want to watch 'The Ape' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the William Nigh-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'The Ape' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Ape' right now, here are some finer points about the Monogram Pictures horror flick.

Released September 30th, 1940, 'The Ape' stars Boris Karloff, Maris Wrixon, Gene O'Donnell, Dorothy Vaughan The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 2 min, and received a user score of 49 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 37 knowledgeable users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?"

'The Ape' is currently available to rent, purchase, or stream via subscription on Amazon Video, Plex Channel, Midnight Pulp, FilmBox Live Amazon Channel, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Cineverse, FlixFling, Cultpix, Public Domain Movies, FlixHouse, Filmzie, Plex, and Fawesome .