The Giant Gila Monster

The Giant Gila Monster

74 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 25, 1959

A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.

The Giant Gila Monster

74 mins | Science Fiction, Horror | June 25, 1959

The Giant Gila Monster
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.
IMDb rating 3.7
Producers Hollywood Pictures Corporation (II)
Original title The Giant Gila Monster
Directors Ray Kellogg
Writers Ray Kellogg, Jay Simms

Cast

Don Sullivan

as Chase Winstead

Fred Graham

as Sheriff Jeff

Lisa Simone

as Lisa

Shug Fisher

as Old Man Harris

Bob Thompson

as Mr. Wheeler

Janice Stone

as Missy Winstead

Ken Knox

as Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith

Gay McLendon

as Mom Winstead

Don Flournoy

as Gordy

Cecil Hunt

as Mr. Compton

Stormy Meadows

as Agatha Humphries

Howard Ware

as Ed Humphries

Pat Reeves

as Rick

Jan McLendon

as Jennie