Bride of the Gorilla

1951 directed by Curt Siodmak starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway and Gisela Werbsek. During a heated argument in the jungle, Burr strikes plantation owner Klaus Van Gelder who, after falling on the ground, dies of a snake bite. After Burr marries Van Gelder's beautiful young wife he is cursed by a voodoo practitioner and believes he is transforming into a gorilla.