The Alligator People (1959)

Name: The Alligator People
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Released: 1959-07-16
Duration: 74 min

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Title: The Alligator People

Tagline: Nerve-shattering terror!

Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Cast: Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., George Macready, Frieda Inescort, Richard Crane, Douglas Kennedy, Bill Bradley, Hal K. Dawson, Dudley Dickerson, John Frederick, Ruby Goodwin, Ken Kane, Boyd Stockman, Vince Townsend Jr., Lee Warren

Status: Released

Release: 1959-07-16

Runtime: 74

Plot: 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.

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- Beverly Garland
  Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin
- Bruce Bennett
  Dr. Eric Lorimer
- Lon Chaney Jr.
  Manon
- George Macready
  Dr. Mark Sinclair
- Frieda Inescort
  Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne
- Richard Crane
  Paul Webster
- Douglas Kennedy
  Dr. Wayne McGregor
- Bill Bradley
  Patient 'Number Six' (uncredited)
- Hal K. Dawson
  Conductor
- Dudley Dickerson
  Porter
- John Frederick
  1st Male Nurse (uncredited)
- Ruby Goodwin
  Louann
- Ken Kane
  Third Male Nurse (uncredited)
- Boyd Stockman
  Alligator-headed Paul
- Vince Townsend Jr.
  Toby
- Lee Warren
  2nd Male Nurse (uncredited)
- Roy Del Ruth
  
  Directing
  Director
- Lyle R. Wheeler
  
  Art
  Art Direction
- Jack Leewood
  
  Production
  Producer
- John B. Mansbridge
  
  Art
  Art Direction
- Joseph Kish
  
  Art
  Set Decoration
- Charles O'Neal
  
  Writing
  Story
- Walter M. Scott
  
  Art
  Set Decoration
- Eve Newing
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Hairstylist
- Karl Struss
  
  Camera
  Director of Photography
- Irving Gertz
  
  Sound
  Original Music Composer
- Orville H. Hampton
  
  Writing
  Story
- Ben Nye
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Makeup Artist
- Arthur Cornell
  
  Sound
  Sound Effects
- William McCrary
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Costume Supervisor
- Herbert E. Mendelson
  
  Production
  Production Manager
- George Westenhiser
  
  Art
  Property Master
- Fred Etcheverry
  
  Crew
  Special Effects
- Ollie Hughes
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Costume Supervisor
- Mary Coleman
  
  Directing
  Script Supervisor
- W.D. Flick
  
  Sound
  Sound
- Harry Gerstad
  
  Editing
  Supervising Film Editor
- Orven Schanzer
  
  Editing
  First Assistant Editor
- Dick Smith
  
  Costume & Make-Up
  Makeup Artist
- Bob Bryant
  
  Crew
  Stunts
- The Alligator People Trailer
  
  Trailer
  
  Feb 5, 2010
- Joe Dante on THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE
  
  Featurette
  
  Jan 9, 2014
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