Killdozer (1974) (TV)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Jerry London

Writers:

Theodore Sturgeon (teleplay) &
Ed MacKillop (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

2 February 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Everyone Knows a Machine Cannot Kill. Except the Machine.

Plot:

Construction workers building an airstrip on a small Pacific Island during WWII encounter an ancient...

Plot Keywords:

Island | WWII | Pacific | Meteor | Construction

Cast

Clint Walker	...	Lloyd Kelly
Carl Betz	...	Dennis Holvig
Neville Brand	...	Chub Foster
James Wainwright	...	Jules 'Dutch' Krasner
Robert Urich	...	Mack McCarthy
James A. Watson Jr.	...	Al Beltran

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Indian Dunes, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As the construction crew leaves the camp that was destroyed by the bulldozer and drive away, you can see the shadow of the very tall crane the camera is mounted on.

Quotes:

Chub Foster: What about this slope? Do you think the D9'er can get up it?
Lloyd Kelly: Given time, it can make a road anywhere it wants to go.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)

Yes, a consensus all-time blockbuster.

KILLDOZER, progenitor of more collegiate howls of laughter than even the 1974 Wisconsin Badger football team, and that was a bad, bad team.

Two big stars, Clint Walker (movies) and Carl Betz (TV) peeking out from hiding, trying to figure out how to kill KILLDOZER -- "Can't shoot it...won't fit in a gas chamber." (!!!) When it came up for rerun the student lounge was jammed full.

A construction crew on a tiny island, a huge bulldozer (sorry, KILLDOZER) with a roaring diesel engine. And yet, eerily silent as it maneuvers around hills to spring, well crawl, out at its next victim.

KILLDOZER!!! The two-mile-an-hour menace no one could escape.