A ★½ review of Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)

Sammy Petrillo was a guy who was something a Jerry Lewis clone, both in looks and in shtick. He wound up paired with Duke Mitchell, a fifth rate Dino wannabe. Since Dean and Jerry were making films at the time, somebody got the idea to do a fake Dean and Jerry film. Toss in Bela Lugosi (desperate for cash to fuel his drug habit) as a mad scientist turning people into gorillas on a remote island and you get this. It was to be the first in a series of films but the real Jerry and a few others threatened