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| Strother Martin | ... | Dr. Carl Stoner | |
| Dirk Benedict | ... | David Blake | |
| Heather Menzies-Urich | ... | Kristina Stoner (as Heather Menzies) | |
| Richard B. Shull | ... | Dr. Ken Daniels | |
| Tim O'Connor | ... | Kogen | |
| Jack Ging | ... | Sheriff Dale Hardison | |
| Kathleen King | ... | Kitty Stewart | |
| Reb Brown | ... | Steve Randall | |
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Ted Grossman | ... | Deputy Morgan Bock |
| Charles Seel | ... | Old Man | |
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Ray Ballard | ... | Waggish Tourist |
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Brendan Burns | ... | Jock #1 |
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Rick Beckner | ... | Jock #2 |
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Jim Drum | ... | Hawker #1 (as James Drum) |
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Ed McCready | ... | Hawker #2 |
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David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David. Written by Anonymous
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July 1973 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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The cast was considerably nervous about interacting with the live snakes. Star Heather Menzies said she was able to "steel" her nerves to work with her scaly co-stars during filming and forgot her original apprehension. However, after the production wrapped she said she reverted back to her original fear of snakes. See more »Goofs
Dr. Stone mentions housing a snake in the "storm cellar" at one point. As the film is set in Southern California rather than the Midwest or the American South it is highly unlikely that Stoner's house would have a storm cellar. California is not prone to violent storms. See more »Quotes
Dr. Carl Stoner: [Speaking to Harry the snake] You're asking me questions, Harry, and I hear you. A scientist cannot afford the indulgence of guilt. And after all, if God doesn't want me to continue, means of my disposal are always at his command.See more »
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A pre-title card opens the film declaring all the reptiles used in the film were real and states "We wish to thank the cast and crew for their courageous efforts while being exposed to extremely hazardous conditions." See more »Alternate Versions
The UK video version was cut by 27 secs by the BBFC to heavily edit a scene where a snake fights a mongoose. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Pretty silly horror movie about Dr. Carl Stoner (Strother Martin) who has perfected a drug that turns men into King Cobra snakes. (Yeah--I know it's ridiculous). WHY he wants to do this is never fully explained. He wants to use it on young David Blaine (Dirk Benedict)...but his daughter (Heather Menzies) is falling in love with him.
OK--the story is more than a little silly but this is fairly watchable. They used real snakes in the film (as a statement at the beginning tells us) and just watching them is pretty interesting. The story itself moves pretty quickly and (science aside) is pretty involving. The acting helps--Martin is actually not bad as the doctor; Benedict (so young and handsome) is also pretty good as Blaine and Menzies overdoes it a little (particularly in an argument with Martin) but she's not bad. There's also some fairly impressive (for the time) makeup and special effects. It's OK.
Trivia: Flashes of nudity (mostly from Menzies) are inexplicably "covered up" in the prints now in circulation. Strange--it was OK for a PG in 1973.