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The Werewolf

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 19m
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The Werewolf (1956)
In Mountaincrest, a stranger without memory arrives in a bar to have a drink. When he leaves the bar, a local tries to rob him but he turns into an animal and kills the attacker. Deputy Ben Clovey hunts down the animal but is wounded by it. Sheriff Jack Haines organizes a party to find the beast. Meanwhile the nurse Amy Standish and her father, the local doctor, receive a man called Duncan Marsh that recalls that he had a car accident and two doctors have treated him. But he flees and Haines wants to hunt him down but Amy and her father wants to convince him to capture Duncan to see how they could treat him. When is wife Mrs. Helen Marsh and her son Chris arrive in Mountaincrest, Sheriff Haines is convinced that shall capture the werewolf alive. But the doctors that conducted the experiment arrive in the town expecting to kill him.
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In Mountaincrest, a stranger without memory arrives in a bar to have a drink. When he leaves the bar, a local tries to rob him but he turns into an animal and kills the attacker. Deputy Ben ... Read allIn Mountaincrest, a stranger without memory arrives in a bar to have a drink. When he leaves the bar, a local tries to rob him but he turns into an animal and kills the attacker. Deputy Ben Clovey hunts down the animal but is wounded by it. Sheriff Jack Haines organizes a party t... Read allIn Mountaincrest, a stranger without memory arrives in a bar to have a drink. When he leaves the bar, a local tries to rob him but he turns into an animal and kills the attacker. Deputy Ben Clovey hunts down the animal but is wounded by it. Sheriff Jack Haines organizes a party to find the beast. Meanwhile the nurse Amy Standish and her father, the local doctor, recei... Read all
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  • Director
    • Fred F. Sears
  • Writers
    • Robert E. Kent(story)
    • James B. Gordon(story)
  • Stars
    • Don Megowan
    • Joyce Holden
    • Eleanore Tanin
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  • Director
    • Fred F. Sears
  • Writers
    • Robert E. Kent(story)
    • James B. Gordon(story)
  • Stars
    • Don Megowan
    • Joyce Holden
    • Eleanore Tanin
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    • 63User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    Don Megowan
    Don Megowan
    • Sheriff Jack Haines
    Joyce Holden
    Joyce Holden
    • Amy Standish
    Eleanore Tanin
    • Mrs. Helen Marsh
    Kim Charney
    • Chris Marsh
    Harry Lauter
    Harry Lauter
    • Deputy Ben Clovey
    Larry J. Blake
    Larry J. Blake
    • Hank Durgis
    Ken Christy
    • Dr. Jonas Gilcrist
    James Gavin
    • Mack Fanning
    S. John Launer
    S. John Launer
    • Dr. Emery Forrest
    George Lynn
    George Lynn
    • Dr. Morgan Chambers
    • (as George M. Lynn)
    George Cisar
    George Cisar
    • Hoxie
    Steven Ritch
    • The Werewolf
    Jean Charney
    • Cora
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Clark
    Bill Clark
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    George Ford
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Leonard P. Geer
    Leonard P. Geer
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Rudy Germane
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Don C. Harvey
    Don C. Harvey
    • Deputy
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Fred F. Sears
    • Writers
      • Robert E. Kent(story) (screenplay)
      • James B. Gordon(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      When first released, this movie played as the bottom half of a double bill with Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956).
    • Goofs
      Just as the werewolf grabs the meat bait from the rock and right before stepping in the trap, the shadow of a crew member passes over the werewolf's right side from behind the camera, on the left of the screen.
    • Quotes

      Amy Standish: Jack, what are you trying to do, scare us half to death?

      Sheriff Jack Haines: It wasn't an animal that killed Joe. The same goes for Clovey. It was a man.

      Amy Standish: There were teeth marks of an animal on Joe's throat.

      Dr. Jonas Gilcrist: She's right about the teeth marks.

      Sheriff Jack Haines: I think we both are.

      Dr. Jonas Gilcrist: Well, it had to be either animal OR man.

      Amy Standish: There is a word for what you're saying, Jack.

      Sheriff Jack Haines: Yeah, I went to school, Amy.

      Dr. Jonas Gilcrist: Werewolf?

    • Connections
      Featured in Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

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    Hairy Sleeper finally Gets Released!
    Lensed by the same director of the bigger budgeted Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers and meant to be a companion for the lower half of the bill The Werewolf surprised everybody by being a taut face value chiller with more character emphasis than usual for this type of subject.

    As other reviewers have stated the performances,locale,direction and lighting are much better should be for a story about kooky scientists turning a luckless schmoe into a hirsute mutant but it also has a film noir element that mixes in quite nicely amidst the western pines of Big Bear lake.

    Unlike some other viewers I didn't have a problem with the make up. It was meant to scare kids and it did. A year later you can see similarities in the design for Michael Landon's beastly side in I Was A Teenage Werewolf.

    After the late sixties this exhausted it's run on local Chiller theaters and became very hard to find until now.

    For a reasonable price you can get a gorgeous widescreen DVD transfer of The Werewolf along with other B movie faves The Giant Claw,Zombies Of Mora Tau and Creature With The Atom Brain.

    The name of the set is Icons Of Horror Sam Katzman. It comes with some great extras but one of them produced by the same Three Stooges dept. at Columbia has enough vile Asian stereotypes to make A Fu-Man-Chu movie look P.C.

    Take a trip back to matinée-ville with this and enjoy.
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    • Nov 24, 2007

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    • Release date
      • July 1956 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los colmillos del lobo
    • Filming locations
      • Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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