The Giant Gila Monster

The Giant Gila Monster

Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast... Only God could destroy it!

1959•1h 14m•4.2/10

HorrorScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.2/10(57)

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.

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Production

Hollywood Pictures Corporation

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Don Sullivan

Don Sullivan

Chase Winstead

Fred Graham

Fred Graham

Sheriff Jeff

Lisa Simone

Lisa Simone

Lisa

Shug Fisher

Shug Fisher

Old Man Harris

Bob Thompson

Bob Thompson

Mr. Wheeler

Janice Stone

Missy Winstead

Ken Knox

Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith

Gay McLendon

Gay McLendon

Mom Winstead

Don Flournoy

Gordy

Cecil Hunt

Mr. Compton

Stormy Meadows

Agatha Humphries

Howard Ware

Ed Humphries

Pat Reeves

Rick

Jan McLendon

Jennie

Jerry Cortwright

Bob

Beverly Thurman

Gay

Clarke Browne

Chuck

Grady Vaughn

Pat Wheeler

Desmond Dhooge

Hitchhiker (as Desmond Doogh)

Ann Sonka

Whila

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