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The Giant Gila Monster
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The Giant Gila Monster

1959-06-25 · 74 min · ★ 4.2

Horror · Science Fiction

A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.

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Directors
Ray Kellogg
Production companies
Hollywood Pictures Corporation
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Don SullivanDon SullivanChase Winstead
Fred GrahamFred GrahamSheriff Jeff
Lisa SimoneLisa SimoneLisa
Shug FisherShug FisherOld Man Harris
Bob ThompsonBob ThompsonMr. Wheeler
Janice StoneMissy Winstead
Ken KnoxHoratio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith
Gay McLendonGay McLendonMom Winstead
Don FlournoyGordy
Cecil HuntMr. Compton
Stormy MeadowsAgatha Humphries
Howard WareEd Humphries
Pat ReevesRick
Jan McLendonJennie
Jerry CortwrightBob
Beverly ThurmanGay
Clarke BrowneChuck
Grady VaughnPat Wheeler
Desmond DhoogeHitchhiker (as Desmond Doogh)
Ann SonkaWhila

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