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The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956) -- An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur.

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Writers:
Robert Hill (screenplay)
Willis H. O'Brien (story)
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Release Date:
August 1956 (USA) more
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Tagline:
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Plot:
An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Guy Madison ... Jimmy Ryan
Patricia Medina ... Sarita
Carlos Rivas ... Felipe Sanchez
Mario Navarro ... Panchito
Pascual García Peña ... Pancho
Eduardo Noriega ... Enrique Rios
Julio Villarreal ... Don Pedro
Lupe Carriles ... Margarita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Manuel Arvide ... Martínez
José Chávez ... Manuel
Roberto Contreras ... Carlos
Armando Gutiérrez ... Employee
Margarito Luna ... Jose
Jorge Treviño ... Shopkeeper
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El monstruo de la Montaña Hueca
La bestia de la montaña (Mexico)
Valley of the Mists (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
81 min
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'Willis O'Brien' was originally to have also provided the special effects for the film more
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Don Pedro: Well, maybe that's your answer. That swamp is a very mysterious and sinister place. more
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Incoherent ramblings, 27 January 2006
8/10
Author: chow_hound from United States

How can you not love a cowboys and dinosaurs film? I saw this on TV about 15 or 20 years ago so my memories are somewhat vague, but I do remember being enthralled by the story and finding the stop-motion effects fun, if not realistic. The color must have been pretty washed out, because I was surprised to discover here that this is in fact a color film! If you love westerns and you love dinosaurs, you can't help but love this film. Sadly, there's only this and Gwangi to choose from in this rather narrow genre. I was hoping this would be released on DVD to capitalize on the King Kong publicity, but no such luck apparently. Maybe someone will do a CGI remake of this or Gwangi, since remakes are all that Hollywood seems capable of lately.

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