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Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast. Only God could destroy it!
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A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community with a heroic teenager attempting to destroy the creature. full summary | add synopsis
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A Pleasurable Guilty Pleasure
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Don Sullivan | ... | Chase Winstead |
| Fred Graham | ... | Sheriff Jeff |
| Lisa Simone | ... | Lisa |
| Shug Fisher | ... | Old Man Harris |
| Bob Thompson | ... | Mr. Wheeler |
| Janice Stone | ... | Missy Winstead |
| Ken Knox | ... | Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith |
| Gay McLendon | ... | Mom Winstead |
| Don Flournoy | ... | Gordy |
| Cecil Hunt | ... | Mr. Compton |
| Stormy Meadows | ... | Agatha Humphries |
| Howard Ware | ... | Ed Humphries |
| Pat Reeves | ... | Rick |
| Jan McLendon | ... | Jennie |
| Jerry Cortwright | ... | Bob |
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74 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
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Ken Knox, who plays disc jockey Horatio Alger "Steamroller" Smith, was a real disc jockey working at radio stations in Texas owned by Gordon McLendon, the uncredited executive producer of this film.
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Boom mic visible: Just after Chase receives the phone call from the Sherriff about the wrecked oil truck, in the next scene the shadow of the boom mic can be seen in the lower left corned of the frame, next to the police car, right before Chase pulls up in his dragster.
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Mr. Wheeler:
I guess with Compton gone Chase is out of a job.
Sheriff Jeff: That's right.
Mr. Wheeler: Make it a point to send him around to see me in the morning.
Sheriff Jeff: I'll *bring* him around!
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Sheriff Jeff: That's right.
Mr. Wheeler: Make it a point to send him around to see me in the morning.
Sheriff Jeff: I'll *bring* him around!
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Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Giant Gila Monster (#5.2)" (1992)
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My Baby, She Rocks
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I know this film is bad. I know the gila monster is nothing more than a live one put on the ground with some miniature trucks, cars, buildings, and even a train. I know the acting is overall very poor. The script is full of holes, and the special effects are not special. But I really like this film overall. What this film DOES have is a whole lot of heart. The story deals with people missing in a very small town. The sheriff(played very nicely by Fred Graham) is pressured by the local industrialist to find his son that has been missing. Where does the lawmen go for help? Well, he goes to a teenager that happens to work at a local garage, drive a souped up hot-rod, sing rock and roll in his spare time, and is a swell guy in general. Don Sullivan plays the young man, and I think he is actually pretty good. Sure, the film is hokey. What film wouldn't be with a title like The Giant Gila Monster? But this film is more than your typical B science fiction film of the 50's. It really tries hard to create characters rather than just stereotypes. There are scenes that you just would not find in your average teen science fiction flick. The scene where Chase sings to his crippled sister is just one example. This film was produced by Festus..I mean Ken Curtis who also had his hand in that other fun, campy science fiction film of the same year The Killer Shrews.