Een groep dierenliefhebbers gaat de strijd aan met een groep jagers, wat resulteert in de dood van een gorilla en de moeder van het meisje. Jaren later zijn zowel het meisje als de gigantische baby van de gorilla opgegroeid. De twee zijn goede vrienden, en wanneer een medewerker van een park haar overhaalt om de gorilla over te plaatsen stemt ze hier mee in.
Nee, helaas is Mighty Joe Young nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Ted Hartley | Producer |
| Directing | Ron Underwood | Director |
| Writing | Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Special Effects |
| Production | Jim Chory | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mark Lisson | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Ralph Winter | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Jacqueline Levine | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Fottrell | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gail Katz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Gary Stutman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Crew | Matt Leonard | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Bucaro III | Stunts |
| Crew | Julie D'Antoni | Production Office Assistant |
| Crew | Eugene Collier | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | Pat Romano | Stunts |
| Camera | Oliver Wood | Director of Photography |
| Art | Charlie Daboub | Art Direction |
| Art | Tom Southwell | Art Direction |
| Production | Pam Dixon | Casting |
| Art | Merideth Boswell | Set Decoration |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| Art | Dan Webster | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Michael Corenblith | Production Design |
| Art | Greg Wolfson | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Troy Gilbert | Stunts |
| Camera | Paul A. Edwards | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Leigh Hennessy | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Directing | Terry Leonard | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Writing | Merian C. Cooper | Story |
| Writing | Lawrence Konner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruth Rose | Original Film Writer |
| Crew | Keith Woulard | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Joey Box | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Antle | Animal Wrangler |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Janek Sirrs | Visual Effects |
