Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown

78 mins | Horror | Jan. 3, 1958

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

Giant from the Unknown

78 mins | Horror | Jan. 3, 1958

Giant from the Unknown
A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers Screencraft Enterprises
Original title Giant from the Unknown
Directors Richard E. Cunha
Writers Frank Hart Taussig, Ralph Brooke

Cast

Ed Kemmer

as Wayne Brooks

Sally Fraser

as Janet Cleveland

Morris Ankrum

as Dr. Frederick Cleveland

Bob Steele

as Sheriff Parker

Buddy Baer

as Vargas the Giant

Gary Crutcher

as Charlie Brown

Billy Dix

as Indian Joe

Oliver Blake

as Cafe Proprietor

Jolene Brand

as Ann Brown

Ned Davenport

as First Townsman

Ewing Miles Brown

as Townsman

Frank Hart Taussig

as Townsman (uncredited)

Ralph Brooke

as Posse Member (uncredited)