Trog (1970)

A sympathetic anthropologist uses drugs and surgery to try to communicate with a primitive troglodyte who is found living in a local cave.

Director:

Freddie Francis

Writers:

Aben Kandel (screenplay), Peter Bryan (original story),

Stars:

Joan Crawford, Michael Gough, Bernard Kay

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joan Crawford	...	Dr. Brockton
Michael Gough	...	Sam Murdock
Bernard Kay	...	Inspector Greenham
Kim Braden	...	Anne Brockton
David Griffin	...	Malcolm Travers
John Hamill	...	Cliff
Thorley Walters	...	Magistrate
Jack May	...	Dr. Selbourne
Geoffrey Case	...	Bill
Robert Hutton	...	Dr. Richard Warren
Simon Lack	...	Colonel Vickers
David Warbeck	...	Alan Davis
Chloe Franks	...	Little Girl
Maurice Good	...	Reporter
Joe Cornelius	...	Trog

Storyline

Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) unearths a troglodyte (an Ice Age 'missing link" half-caveman, half-ape) and manages to domesticate him - until he's let loose by an irate land developer (Michael Gough) to go on a rampage and kidnap a little girl. Crawford's last feature film.

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Plot Keywords:

anthropologist | troglodyte | cave | surgery | land developer | 

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Taglines:

From the boiling rage of a world hurled back one million years comes...

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Genres:

Sci-Fi | Horror

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Certificate:

GP

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 1970 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Ungeheuer

Filming Locations:

Berkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Herman Cohen Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tim Barrett replaced Brian Grellis who dropped out before filming began.

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Goofs

When Dr Brockton throws Trog a lizard,it is clearly made of rubber.

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Quotes

Dr. Brockton: Please, Trog, let me have the girl!

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Connections

Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004)

User Reviews

A real camp classic, bad but never boring

"Trog" is one dumb and cheap little flick. I guess thats what you get when you make a movie based around the fact you found a costume from another movie ("2001" in this case) in the dumpster. To be honest, this is actually competently made in some departments (the direction by Freddie Francis is fine as usual). Its just that the script is so unbelievably silly that this is placed firmly in the "so-bad-its-good" category. All the characters are astonishingly one-note (can you remember a scene with Michael Gough where he wasn't angry and complaining?). The dialog and situations are overwrought camp.

The most unintentionally hilarious part is either Trog's final rampage (theres some unexpected minor gore here) or the laughable attempts at commentary regarding evolution versus religion (not exactly the articulate debates that "2001" or even "Horror Express" raised). Not exactly the best way for Joan Crawford to go out, but lots of fun for psychotronic fans. "Trog" is the kind of movie that makes me hope everyone involved was only in it for the money (fortunately they were). (5/10)