The Monster That Challenged the World

The Monster That Challenged the World

A new kind of terror to numb the nerves!

1957•1h 24m•5.6/10

HorrorScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(53)

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

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Production

Gramercy Pictures, Inc., United Artists

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tim Holt

Tim Holt

Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger

Audrey Dalton

Audrey Dalton

Gail MacKenzie

Hans Conried

Hans Conried

Dr. Jess Rogers

Barbara Darrow

Barbara Darrow

Jody Simms

Max Showalter

Max Showalter

Dr. Tad Johns

Harlan Warde

Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens

Gordon Jones

Gordon Jones

Sheriff Josh Peters

Mimi Gibson

Mimi Gibson

Sandy MacKenzie

Marjorie Stapp

Connie Blake

Jody McCrea

Jody McCrea

Seaman Fred Johnson

Wallace Earl

Wallace Earl

Sally

Dennis McCarthy

George Blake (lab assistant)

Sarah Selby

Sarah Selby

Mrs. Simms

Milton Parsons

Milton Parsons

Lewis Clark Dobbs

Charles Tannen

Charles Tannen

Seaman Wyatt (Radioman)

Robert Benevides

Seaman Morty Beatty

John Carlyle

Monster Victim

John Close

Deputy Larry

William Forrest

William Forrest

Admiral Greenhouse

Gil Frye

Deputy Scotty

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