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Jerry Golding (writer)
John McCauley (writer)
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23 April 1976 (USA) more
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A herpetologist investigating a series of fatal rattlesnake attacks discovers that the creatures have been infected by a mysterious nerve gas disposed of in the desert by the military. full summary | add synopsis
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Not a movie that will rattle your soul more (8 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Sam Chew Jr. | ... | Dr. Tom Parkinson (as Sam Chew) | |
| Elisabeth Chauvet | ... | Ann Bradley | |
| Dan Priest | ... | Colonel | |
| Ronald Gold | ... | Captain Delaney (as Ron Gold) | |
| Al Dunlap | ... | General | |
| Dan Balentine | ... | Pilot | |
| Gary Van Ormand | ... | Woodley (as Gary Van Orman) | |
| Darwin Joston | ... | Palmer (as Darwin Jostin) | |
| Cary J. Pitts | ... | Sergeant (as Cary Pitts) | |
| Eric Lawson | ... | Guard | |
| Tony Ballen | ... | Sheriff Gates | |
| Richard Lockmiller | ... | Deputy | |
| Jo Jordan | ... | Mother | |
| Scott McCartor | ... | Rick (as Scott McCarter) | |
| Tip McClure | ... | Plumber (as Tipp McClure) |
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82 min
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Revealing mistakes: In some shots of Tom and the helicopter pilot flying through the desert you can tell that they are actually on the ground and that the helicopter's blades are not turning by the reflection in their sunglasses. more
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Edited into Extra Weird (2003) (V) more
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Killer rattlesnakes of the American Southwest gather up in large numbers and start unprovoked attacks on people, and it's up to a male expert on reptiles and a female photographer to find out why and stop them. "Rattlers" has a thin, one-note script that can barely sustain even the 79 minutes of its running time, and the snake-attack scenes aren't anything to write home about either, though at least the snakes are real which is instantly preferable to the obvious CGI we would probably get in a similar film today. The print I saw was in pretty poor shape, and made a constant crackling sound, as if someone was burning it up; the movie is not offensively bad (apart maybe from the scene near the end where the two heroes are enjoying a carefree romance in Vegas without having done anything to stop the snakes first!), but it is so unremarkable that if someone DID burn the master print up few people would probably notice. On a side note, the female lead is absolutely gorgeous. I was somewhat surprised to find out that she never made another film. (**)