The Crawling Hand (1963)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Director:

Herbert L. Strock

Writers:

Joseph Cranston (story)
Bill Idelson (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Astronaut Ordered Blown Up!!!

Plot:

The hand of a dead astronaut comes crawling back from the grave to strangle the living

Plot Keywords:

Astronaut | Possession | Murder Suspect | Beach | Cat

Cast

Peter Breck	...	Steve Curan
Kent Taylor	...	Dr. Max Weitzberg
Rod Lauren	...	Paul Lawrence
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Sheriff Townsend (as Alan Hale)
Allison Hayes	...	Donna
Sirry Steffen	...	Marta Farnstrom
Arline Judge	...	Mrs. Hotchkiss
Richard Arlen	...	Lee Barrenger
Tristram Coffin	...	Security Chief Meidel
Ross Elliott	...	Deputy Earl Harrison
Stan Jones	...	Ambulance Attendant (as G. Stanley Jones)
Jock Putnam	...	Ambulance Attendant
Andy Andrews	...	Ambulance Attendant
Syd Saylor	...	Soda Shop Owner
Ed Wermer	...	Prof. Farnstrom

Also Known As:

Don't Cry Wolf (USA)
The Creeping Hand (USA)
Tomorrow You Die (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Joseph F. Robertson Productions

Trivia:

Burt Reynolds screen-tested twice for the role as teen character Paul Lawrence, but reportedly performed so woodenly that he was not chosen.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Paul sits up and looks at the dead Mrs. Hotchkiss in the back of the ambulance and screams, Mrs. Hotchkiss begins to close her eyes after being dead for quite some time now.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Canned Film Festival: The Crawling Hand (#1.6)" (1986)

Soundtrack:

The Bird's the Word

The cheesiest.

MAN!! This movie is the cheese. It's about a astronaut who is taken over by an unknown force and goes mad in space. He begs his friends down on Earth to push the red button and blow him up. So they do so. However, his hand survives the blast and starts killing people. Though, it horrifies his girlfriend, a med student finds it and takes it home. It kills his landlady, and then takes him over. The kid starts acting weird and kills people and attempts to kill the crusty old man who says "No dancing, not allowed!" in his restaurant. The hand is picked clean by cats but then it is attempted to be shipped away and....Well....let's just say never trust the delivery man. This really scared me as kid.