The Neanderthal Man

The Neanderthal Man (1953)

HALF MAN...HALF BEAST...He held them all in the grip of deadly terror...nothing could keep him from this woman he claimed as his own!

A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.

Date of release
1953-06-19
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 18m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
E.A. Dupont

Casting

Interesting facts

The Neanderthal Man is a 1953 American science fiction horror film produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay.

Production

The film's working title was Madagascar. Production began in early December 1952 at Eagle-Lion Studios in Los Angeles.

Jack Pollifaxen recalled that their experienced director Ewald André Dupont was hired due to Aubrey Wisburg's and Pollifaxen's previous collaborator Edgar G. Ulmer being in Europe at the time of production. Pollifaxen also recalled that the actual Siberian tiger kept spitting out the imitation sabre teeth so close-up shots were done with the sabre teeth attached to a tiger skin rug.

The film was released in the USA on 19 June 1953 and in Spain and Brazil at unknown dates. Three minutes was trimmed from its running time when it opened in the UK, reducing time from 78 minutes to 75 minutes.

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