The Alligator People

The Alligator People (1959)

Nerve-shattering terror!

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.

Date of release
1959-07-16
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (69)
Runtime
1h 14m
Genres
Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery
Director
Roy Del Ruth

Casting

Interesting facts

The Alligator People is a 1959 American CinemaScope science-fiction horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth. It stars Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, and Lon Chaney Jr. This film was the penultimate feature directed by Del Ruth, and quite different from those of his days at Warner Bros.

Production

Developed for Fox as a co-feature for Return of the Fly, The Alligator People was produced by Jack Leewood for Associated Producers on a budget of $300,000. It was written by Orville H. Hampton (also known for The Snake Woman, Jack the Giant Killer and the Oscar-nominated One Potato, Two Potato), from a script by Hampton and Charles O'Neal (The Seventh Victim); some earlier drafts had been written by an uncredited Robert M. Fresco.

The crew included acclaimed cinematographer Karl Struss and editor Harry Gerstad. The monster make-up was designed by Ben Nye and Dick Smith.

Filming started on February 16, 1959. The film featured music by Irving Gertz, known for his numerous science fiction and horror film scores.

Garland, who also served as the film's narrator, noted that Jane Marvin was one of her favorite roles, although she noted, "The hardest thing in that movie was simply to keep a straight face".

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