American botanical expedition in the Himalayas stumbles across a Yeti den, capture one and transport it back to Los Angeles, where it escapes while customs officials are debating whether it is animal or human.
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Title: The Snow Creature (1954)
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| Paul Langton | ... | Dr. Frank Parrish | |
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Leslie Denison | ... | Peter Wells |
| Teru Shimada | ... | Subra | |
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Rollin Moriyama | ... | Leva |
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Robert Kino | ... | Insp. Karma |
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Robert Hinton | ... | Airline Manager |
| Darlene Fields | ... | Joyce Parrish | |
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George Douglas | ... | Corey Jr. |
| Robert Bice | ... | Fleet | |
| Keith Richards | ... | Harry Bennett | |
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Rudolph Anders | ... | Dr. Louis Dupont |
| William Phipps | ... | Lieutenant Dunbar (as Bill Phipps) | |
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Jack Daly | ... | Edwards |
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Rusty Wescoatt | ... | Guard in Warehouse |
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Botanist Frank Parrish leads an expedition to the Himalayas to seek out new flora, accompanied by hardboiled news photographer Peter Wells. When their lead guide, Subra, learns his wife has been kidnapped by a Yeti, Parrish disbelieves him, so the sherpas commandeer the expedition at gunpoint and turn it into a search-and-rescue party. To Parrish's surprise, they discover a whole family of Yetis in a cave, and are able to subdue the male and carry it back to civilization, to ship to the USA for study. Subra is forgiven his acts because he was right after all. Wells, meanwhile, phones in the story and Parrish finds his discovery - shipped upright in a meat cooler to maintain its natural environment - detained in the US because Wells' story refers to it as a snowMAN, and a decision must be made whether this is a customs or immigration matter. During this bureaucratic snafu, the creature escapes its containers and disappears into Los Angeles, mysteriously appearing in different parts of ... Written by Rich Wannen <RichWannen@worldnet.att.net.>
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Director-producer W. Lee Wilder (and his son, the film's screenwriter 'Miles Wilder') deliberately took the name of the police detective, Lt. Dunbar (played by William Phipps) from the name of the prisoner of war played by Don Taylor in the film Stalag 17 (1953), which was written, produced and directed by W. Lee's much more famous brother: Billy Wilder. See more »Goofs
At the beginning of the film, Dr. Parrish says "starting from Los Angeles, California", but seen below the airplane is New York City. See more »Connections
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
November 1954 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El terror del Himalaya See more »Filming Locations:
Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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This film lacks just about everything. A good story, a cool monster, a decent actor--all are absent from this baby! It is really a test of endurance to see if you can get through it. I picked it up because A. It was cheap and 2. it had a snow monster! Snow monsters are my personal favorite, which is tragic considering that nobody makes movies about them. In fact, the best screen Yeti yet is the Wampa from Empire Strikes Back . .. and it wasn't even a Yeti! The special effects are so terrible that the cornball director used the same exact shot of the monster over and over and over again. Nevertheless, three scenes stand out in my mind: 1. An attack on a female victim in a black alley 2. The monster seen weaving in and out of cattle carcasses in a meat plant 3. Coolest of all, this scene shows the monster trying to break out of the container that brought him to the US from the so-called Himilayas. Check out Wilder's Phantom from Space for a better time.