American consul at Apia in Samoa learns about Parker's location from the cowed freighter captain. His fiancée Ruth Thomas persuades Captain Donahue to take her to Moreau's island. She is reunited with Parker, but Moreau persuades them to stay the night. The ape-themed Ouran, one of Moreau's creations, tries to break into Ruth's room. but is driven away after Ruth screams. Montgomery confronts Moreau, and implies that Ouran's attempted break-in was arranged by Moreau. Donahue tries to reach the ship and fetch his crew. Moreau, seeing him depart, dispatches Ouran to strangle him. Learning that Moreau has allowed Ouran to break the Law, the other beast-men no longer feel bound by it. They set their huts ablaze and defy Moreau, who tries and fails to regain control. They drag Moreau into his House of Pain and stab him to death with his own surgical knives. With help from the disaffected Montgomery, Parker and Ruth make their escape. Parker tries to rescue Lota along, but Lota decides to buy the group a bit of time when she spots Ouran ambushing them, leading to both of their deaths. The others escape by boat as the island goes up in flames. Cast Cast sourced from the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Some sources state that actors Buster Crabbe, Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott were among the beast men extras, but no proof of this has been found. Production Development In 1931, Hollywood had released three horror films that were hits: Universal's Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931), and Paramount's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). Paramount's film featured Mr. Hyde who resembled a monstrous ape with implied sexual relations with the sex worker Ivy and desired to make a follow-up with further horrific and sexual themes. On June 1, the studio paid $15,000 for the rights to H. G. Wells' The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) and sent a copy of the novel to the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America. Along with the novel, Paramount had access to an unproduced play by Frank Vreeland, based on Wells’ story that was titled His Creatures. Several writers attempted to work on the film's screenplay. These included Joseph Moncure March, who wrote the novel-length poem The Wild Party as well as writing the screenplay for Hell's Angels (1930). Cyril Hume, the screenwriter of Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and later Forbidden Planet (1956); Garrett