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The Alligator People (1959)

APPROVED 74 min  -  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... See full summary »

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Writers:

Orville H. Hampton (screenplay), Orville H. Hampton (story), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Beverly Garland ...
Bruce Bennett Bruce Bennett ...
Dr. Eric Lorimer
Lon Chaney Jr. ...
Manon (as Lon Chaney)
George Macready George Macready ...
Dr. Mark Sinclair
Frieda Inescort Frieda Inescort ...
Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne, Henry's Wife
Richard Crane Richard Crane ...
Paul Webster
Douglas Kennedy Douglas Kennedy ...
Dr. Wayne MacGregor
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Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

Train | Mutant | Search | Alligator | Newlywed  | See more »

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Her honeymoon turned into a nightmare of horror! See more »

Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Los hombres cocodrilo See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

This film was made because Twentieth Century-Fox needed a low-budget "monster movie" in the CinemaScope format to play on the bottom of a double bill with Return of the Fly, the sequel to its "sleeper" hit The Fly. Fox did not produce this film, however. It was made by independent producer Jack Leewood and bought by Fox. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: 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

Dr. Mark Sinclair: Paul...
Paul Webster: Yes...
Dr. Mark Sinclair: I'll never be able to tell you how sorry I am.
Paul Webster: Don't blame yourself, I certainly don't. Who can know everything? You're not God, Mark.
Dr. Mark Sinclair: I feel as if I've been playing at it... and been punished.
Paul Webster: Forget it.
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