The Beasts Are on the Streets (TV 1978)Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts. Director:Peter R. Hunt |
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Title: The Beasts Are on the Streets (TV 1978)
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| Carol Lynley | ... |
Dr. Claire McCauley
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Kevin Johnson
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Jim Scudder
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Eddie Morgan
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Rick
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Burton Gilliam | ... |
Al Loring
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Lucetta Gaynes
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Mrs. Jackson
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Michelle Walling | ... |
Sandy, Claire's Daughter
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Bill Thurman | ... |
Carl Evans
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Laura Whyte | ... |
Beth
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Vernelle Jesse | ... |
Woman Commentator
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Sherman
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Jeff Bongfeldt | ... |
Hunters son
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Robert Hibbard | ... |
Officer Bob Ellman
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Panic grips a small community after a tanker truck crashes through a fence at a wild animal park, freeing dozens of dangerous beasts.
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18 May 1978 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Grand Prairie, Texas, USACompany Credits
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This is one of those over-the-top type of 70's disaster-ish stories with a preposterous plot scenario: a truck hits one outer chain-link fence of a wild animal park and somehow all manner of animals escape through the fence - never mind that such parks carefully segregate dangerous animals and have multiple fences and living areas to prevent escape. Somehow, though, this cheaply made TV movie is fun to watch - if anything just to see the lion cub run through a hospital, the stereotype "hick" life as portrayed by the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, and the mindless extras screaming in raw panic whenever an animal appears. (I personally enjoy seeing myself tackled by the bear as it breaks through the crowd watching the juggler. It really scared the bear's trainer when that happened!)
Carol Lynley does the best she can with the script, and the film overall is a fun if forgettable piece.