Ajax the killer gorilla has escaped from the zoo. Donald's nephews dress up as a gorilla, but soon Donald encounters the real gorilla, and they chase each other until the radio broadcasts instructions for subduing Ajax.
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn gorilla animation still slaps eighty years later.
Sound
Clarence Nash's duck scream: unmatched, unhinged, iconic.

Director
Jack King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
James MacDonald, who voiced Ajax, later became the official Mickey Mouse voice actor for three decades.
This short dropped during WWII when Disney's studio was literally making military training films — escapist chaos was the point.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters