Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (also known as The Boys from Brooklyn and in England as Monster Meets the Gorilla) is a 1952 American comedy horror science fiction film, directed by William Beaudine and starring horror veteran Bela Lugosi with nightclub performers Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo in roles approximating the then-popular duo of Martin and Lewis.

Upon waking up, the men — Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo — introduce themselves to the chief's daughter Nona and recount that they were on their way "to do a show for the boys on Guam", but opened the wrong door on the plane, fell out with their parachutes and have been living on wild berries and raw fish.

Afterward, Nona tells Duke that she was educated in an American college to prepare her for ruling the island as its queen.

Dr. Zabor looks strangely familiar to Sammy: "Ain't this the fellow that goes around with the hand and the face, biting people on the neck and wearing capes?"

Back in the laboratory, Dr. Zabor injects the chimpanzee Ramona, reversing evolution and turning her into a small monkey with a tail.

The following morning, as Nona returns to the laboratory, Dr. Zabor realizes that the serum's effect was only temporary and Ramona has turned back into a chimp.

As Nona and Sammy return to the laboratory in search of Duke, Dr. Zabor explains that the gorilla is actually Ramona advanced to a higher level of evolution.

Duke eventually pitched the idea to Realart Pictures Inc. co-owner Jack Broder and his assistant, producer Herman Cohen.

[5] According to Cohen, Jerry Lewis was furious when he heard that Mitchell and Petrillo had formed a team that was imitative of his act with Dean Martin, and that they were to appear in a film together.

Gary Lewis, Jerry's eldest son was quoted, "When Sammy and the other guy played in that gorilla movie, I remember my dad and Dean saying, ‘We got to sue these guys — this is no good.’"[3] Lewis, who knew Jack Broder through the Friars Club of Beverly Hills, showed up at Broder's office.

There is also a connection with Abbott and Costello: photographer Charles Van Enger and editor Philip Cahn had worked on that team's films.

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla was filmed over a six-day period at the General Service Studios in Los Angeles.

Boxoffice gave it the best review: "This is a broadly played farce which burlesques jungle horror pictures to a fare-thee-well.

Bela Lugosi, who plays his formula evil scientist role straight throughout, will have marquee value for the horror devotees, and the younger fans will be intrigued by the lobby blowups of Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo, who resemble the more famous Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

"[14] The Hollywood Reporter concurred: "William Beaudine's direction merely proves that the best of directors are helpless when given a hopeless story and a weak cast.

"[15] Variety summed it up as a "mediocre horror-comedy; exploitable potential in Martin & Lewis look-alikes Duke Mitchell & Sammy Petrillo.