A mutated creature is wreaking havoc in a small town in Idaho. A police chief and a government scientist team up to save their rural town from its menace.
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Cast
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| Martin Landau | ... | Garson Jones | |
| Marianne Gordon | ... | Laurie | |
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Bill Osco | ... | Mortimer Lutz (as Rexx Coltrane) |
| José Ferrer | ... | Mayor Gordon Lane (as Jose Ferrer) | |
| Dorothy Malone | ... | Marge Smith | |
| Ruth Buzzi | ... | Virginia Lane | |
| Murray Langston | ... | Arn | |
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Kinky Friedman | ... | Willis |
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Johnny Dark | ... | John |
| Kent Perkins | ... | Officer Dudley | |
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Ellen Blake | ... | Jenny |
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Roxanne Osco | ... | Suzie (as Roxanne Cybelle Osco) |
| Jerry Maren | ... | Monster (as Jerry Marin) | |
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Eric Helland | ... | Doper #1 |
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Bill Rawlinson | ... | Doper #2 |
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Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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18 November 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Beauty and the Beast See more »Edit
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$4,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Detective Mortimer Lutz: Potatoes
Laurie: Potatoes?
Detective Mortimer Lutz: Around here that means big money.
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Had it's Red Carpet premier at the El Con mall theater in Tucson Az in 1980 under the title Beauty and the Beast. Most of the stars, including Ruth Buzzy, Martin Landau, and Marianne Gordon were in attendance. See more »Goofs
In the first scene where the creature is chasing the boy it starts off in broad daylight, but when he reaches the junkyard and steals a car it is night time. See more »Quotes
Laurie: But if this thing is actually killing people, then why is the mayor trying to keep it quiet?Detective Mortimer Lutz: Potatoes
Laurie: Potatoes?
Detective Mortimer Lutz: Around here that means big money.
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Bill Osco is credited as Rexx Coltrane twice in the movie, and as Johnny Commander once. See more »Connections
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Not a good transfer, either that or the source material was really bad. It just looked soft the whole time. The cinematography is messy and has nothing interesting about it. It looks really flat and dated. The visual effects are rubbery! The sound is poor, technically it is really bad. The dubbing is awful, the sound effects bland and the clarity murky. The music is dated and lacks the subtlety that we expect today. The story is non-existent! It's a nuclear monster killing people. It reminded me of fifties monster movies but it was in colour and had a small amount of violence. A cheesy old-fashioned monster movie that has camp value and little else.