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The Alligator People (1959)

 -  Horror | Sci-Fi  -  July 1959 (USA)
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A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station to make a phone call, the train pulls away without him on it, and that's the last his ... See full summary »

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Cast

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Dr. Eric Lorimer
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Manon (as Lon Chaney)
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Dr. Mark Sinclair
Frieda Inescort ...
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne, Henry's Wife
Richard Crane ...
Paul Webster
Douglas Kennedy ...
Dr. Wayne MacGregor
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A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station to make a phone call, the train pulls away without him on it, and that's the last his wife sees of him. Years later after a long search she finally tracks him down on his family's southern estate where she discovers that a failed medical treatment has turned him into an alligator mutant. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>

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train | mutant | search | alligator | newlywed | See more »

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The alligator people will make your skin crawl! See more »

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Horror | Sci-Fi

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July 1959 (USA)  »

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El caimán humano  »

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Trivia

In the early 1980s, 20th Century Fox produced, but did not release, a video game with the name of this movie. Made for the Atari 2600, it even very loosely followed the plot of the film, unlike some other 20th Century Fox games which just used the title of a film. A "prototype" copy of the unreleased game has since surfaced. See more »

Goofs

When Paul Webster is on the operating table, shirtless, only his head and hands are partly alligator, and not the other areas of his visible skin (no doubt due to budgetary reasons). See more »

Quotes

Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin: What secret was Mrs. Hawthorne hiding in this strange, unfriendly house?
Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin: Why had she told me not to leave my room?
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Spoofed in Matinee (1993) See more »

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Great Fun!
23 September 2006 | by (St. Louis, MO) – See all my reviews

This is the kind of movie I used to watch when I spent Friday nights at my best friend's house and we stayed up all night eating junk food and watching monster movies on TV. Beverly Garland, queen of the 50's B flicks, is great as the worried wife and George Macready (later known as the tyrannical Mr. Peyton on Peyton Place) is doing his best with what he has to work with--hey, they were just working folks with bills to pay! All things considered, it's a cut above most of its genre. No surprises; the usual 50's post-bomb musings about playing God, cheesy costumes, and all that comes with this kind of story. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.


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