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.
| Directing | Ron Underwood | Director |
| Production | Ted Hartley | Producer |
| Writing | Mark Rosenthal | Screenplay |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Producer |
| Editing | Paul Hirsch | Editor |
| Crew | Rick Baker | Special Effects |
| Production | Pam Dixon | Casting |
| Art | Michael Corenblith | Production Design |
| Art | Greg Wolfson | Set Decoration |
| Art | Tom Southwell | Art Direction |
| Art | Merideth Boswell | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Julie D'Antoni | Production Office Assistant |
| Art | Charlie Daboub | Art Direction |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Oliver Wood | Director of Photography |
| Art | Dan Webster | Supervising Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| Camera | Paul A. Edwards | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Lawrence Konner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ruth Rose | Original Film Writer |
| Writing | Merian C. Cooper | Story |
| Crew | Doc Antle | Animal Wrangler |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Troy Gilbert | Stunts |
| Crew | Leigh Hennessy | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Directing | Terry Leonard | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Keith Woulard | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmy N. Roberts | Stunt Double |
| Production | Jim Chory | Associate Producer |
| Production | Michael Fottrell | Co-Producer |
| Production | Gail Katz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jacqueline Levine | Associate Producer |
| Production | Mark Lisson | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Gary Stutman | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Ralph Winter | Supervising Producer |
| Crew | Matt Leonard | Stunts |
| Crew | Joe Bucaro III | Stunts |
| Crew | Eugene Collier | Stunts |
| Crew | Tim Trella | Stunts |
| Crew | Doc Duhame | Stunts |
| Crew | Pat Romano | Stunts |
