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Frogs

  • 1972
  • K-16
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
7.7K
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Frogs (1972)
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A group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.A group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.A group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.

  • Director
    • George McCowan
  • Writers
    • Robert Hutchison
    • Robert Blees
  • Stars
    • Ray Milland
    • Sam Elliott
    • Joan Van Ark
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    7.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George McCowan
    • Writers
      • Robert Hutchison
      • Robert Blees
    • Stars
      • Ray Milland
      • Sam Elliott
      • Joan Van Ark
    • 177User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 51Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos1

    Frogs
    Trailer 2:10
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    Photos60

    Ray Milland in Frogs (1972)
    Frogs (1972)
    David Gilliam in Frogs (1972)
    Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, and Adam Roarke in Frogs (1972)
    Ray Milland, Mae Mercer, and Lance Taylor Sr. in Frogs (1972)
    Hollis Irving in Frogs (1972)
    Lynn Borden in Frogs (1972)
    Frogs (1972)
    Frogs (1972)
    Ray Milland and Joan Van Ark in Frogs (1972)
    Sam Elliott, Ray Milland, Joan Van Ark, Hal Hodges, and Dale Willingham in Frogs (1972)
    Sam Elliott, Ray Milland, Joan Van Ark, Hal Hodges, and Dale Willingham in Frogs (1972)

    Cast16

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    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Jason Crockett
    Sam Elliott
    Sam Elliott
    • Pickett Smith
    Joan Van Ark
    Joan Van Ark
    • Karen Crockett
    Adam Roarke
    Adam Roarke
    • Clint Crockett
    Judy Pace
    Judy Pace
    • Bella Garrington
    Lynn Borden
    Lynn Borden
    • Jenny Crockett
    Mae Mercer
    Mae Mercer
    • Maybelle
    David Gilliam
    David Gilliam
    • Michael Martindale
    Nicholas Cortland
    • Kenneth Martindale
    George Skaff
    • Stuart Martindale
    Lance Taylor Sr.
    • Charles
    Hollis Irving
    Hollis Irving
    • Iris Martindale
    • (as Holly Irving)
    Dale Willingham
    • Tina Crockett
    Hal Hodges
    • Jay Crockett
    Carolyn Fitzsimmons
    • Lady in Car
    Robert Sanders
    • Young Boy in Car
    • Director
      • George McCowan
    • Writers
      • Robert Hutchison
      • Robert Blees
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Many of the 500 Florida frogs and 100 South American cane toads purchased for use in the film escaped during production.
    • Goofs
      When Pickett Smith is wandering around the island, he sees Grover lying face down in a marsh, where he was killed by being bitten by a venomous snake. Grover, however, is clearly still breathing.
    • Quotes

      Jason Crockett: Karen... and everyone else... this conversation has ended!

      Pickett Smith: No, it hasn't, Mr. Crockett. Look, with Grover and Kenneth dead, I don't know what's going on around here... or if it is happening anywhere else... but we are a bunch of damn fools not to face the fact that we are in a hell of a lot of trouble! And we're gonna have to get together to fight it!

      Bella Garrington: Keep talking Mr. Pickett, 'cause you are the only man around here who's saying anything!

      Pickett Smith: First of all, we're gonna have to try to find Iris, Stuart and Michael. But to be very honest with you... I don't think we will. Not alive anyway. But whether we find them or not, we've got to get off this damn island! All of us, now! We'll take the power boat. If we have to, we'll tow the canoe.

      Jason Crockett: And leave this house empty and deserted... on the Fourth of July?

      Pickett Smith: I don't really think there's gonna be anybody around here to worry about today. Maybe if you didn't notice, but there hasn't been one boat out on that lake all day!

      Clint Crockett: Do you think this is happening everywhere, Mr. Smith?

      Pickett Smith: Well if it is, I think we'd stand a better chance if we all get out of here together.

      Jason Crockett: Well, I forbid it! I control these people, not you!

      Bella Garrington: Nobody controls me, Mr. Crockett! Now I'm asking for your permission to get off this island, by myself or with anyone else, I just want to go!

    • Crazy credits
      After the closing credits fade out, an animated frog hops onscreen with a human hand hanging out of its mouth, after which it turns to face the audience and slurps the hand into its mouth, then it turns away from the audience and hops off-screen.
    • Alternate versions
      In the film's pre-release prints, Iris (Holly Irving) dies by being forced into a quicksand pool by a giant butterfly and then drowning in it rather than dying by snakebite. The scene, however, was thought to be too silly-looking and, thus, it was cut. Clips of the cut scene can still be glimpsed in the film's theatrical trailer, however.
    • Connections
      Edited from Verinen Mamma Barker (1970)

    User reviews177

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    Featured review
    5/10
    Nature against Mankind – The Payback
    The free-lance photographer Pickett Smith (Sam Elliott) is taking pictures of the pollution in a swamp in Florida for a magazine of ecology in his canoe. Out of the blue, he is hit by a motor boat piloted by Clint Crockett (Adam Roarke) and his sister Karen Crockett (Joan Van Ark) and capsizes.

    Clint and Karen invite Pickett for the party in the private island of their grumpy grandfather Jason Crockett (Ray Milland), an old fashioned disabled patriarch that enjoys celebrating his birthday on the 4th July with his family.

    Pickett realizes that the island is infested of frogs and reptiles and Jason has ordered his caretaker to poison his real estate to get rid of the amphibians and creepy crawlies. But soon Picket realizes that they are living the payback of nature against mankind.

    The trash "Frogs" is probably one of the first movies to defend the ecology and absolutely ahead of the time. This is the first feature of Sam Elliot, who acts with the veteran Ray Milland. The story is funny and never scares but entertains. My vote is five.

    Title (Brazil): "A Invasão das Rãs" ("The Frogs'Invasion")
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    • claudio_carvalho
    • Nov 19, 2012

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    • Release date
      • May 11, 1973 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sammakot
    • Filming locations
      • Eden Gardens State Park - County Road 395, Point Washington, Florida, USA(the swamp area scenes)
    • Production companies
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
      • Thomas/Edwards Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $475,265
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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