Showbiz-ondernemer Max O'Hara zoekt in Afrika naar mooie decoraties voor zijn nachtclub, wanneer hij Joseph Young ontmoet, een enorm grote aap. Joe heeft een hart van goud, mede dankzij zijn lieve eigenaresse Jill.
Nee, helaas is Mighty Joe Young nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Ruth Rose | Screenplay |
| Writing | Merian C. Cooper | Story |
| Directing | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Director |
| Production | John Ford | Executive Producer |
| Camera | J. Roy Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Production | Merian C. Cooper | Producer |
| Editing | Ted Cheesman | Editor |
| Sound | Roy Webb | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Ray Harryhausen | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Berns | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | John L. Cass | Sound |
| Sound | C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Sound | Walter Elliott | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Clem Portman | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Balkan | Costume Design |
| Art | Howard Richmond | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | James Basevi | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Linwood G. Dunn | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Willis H. O'Brien | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Bert Willis | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Harold E. Stine | Visual Effects |