The Crawling Hand is a cheesy horror movie about … A dead astronaut’s disembodied arm. That’s on a killing spree!
The Crawling Hand (1963) starring Peter Breck, Kent Taylor, Rod Lauren
Product Description
THE CRAWLING HAND: A manned rocket returning from the Moon is invaded by an alien life force that possesses the astronaut, maintains control of his disembodied hand after a California beach crash-landing, and then imposes its will on a local medical student (Rod Lauren). Veteran players Kent Taylor, Richard Arlen, Alan Hale Jr. and Arline Judge struggle to retain their dignity in this five-fingered sci-fiasco! Features ”The Bird’s the Word” by the Rivingtons! 1963 | 88 min* | B&W | 1.78:1/widescreen | NR
Cast of characters
- Peter Breck (The Big Valley) … Steve Curan.
- Kent Taylor (Five Came Back, The Day Mars Invaded Earth) … Dr. Max Weitzberg
- Rod Lauren (Terrified) … Paul Lawrence. The young medical student, in love with Donna. He discovers the burnt, disembodied arm on the beach. And decides to keep it!
- Alan Hale Jr. (Gilligan’s Island, The Giant Spider Invasion) … Sheriff Townsend
- Allison Hayes (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, The Undead) … Donna. The lovely Swedish foreign exchange student — without a Swedish accent. Paul’s proposed to her …. But she doesn’t accept immediately. She does love him …. even after he’s under the crawling hand’s control, and tries to kill her!
- Sirry Steffen (Hitler 1962) … Marta Farnstrom
- Arline Judge (The Contender) … Mrs. Hotchkiss. Paul’s landlady. The first vicim of the crawling hand.
Secondary characters
- Richard Arlen (Island of Lost Souls) … Lee Barrenger
- Tristram Coffin (The Corpse Vanishes) … Security Chief Meidel
- Ross Elliott (Tarantula, The Beast from 20000 Fathoms) … Deputy Earl Harrison
- Stan Jones (The Transformers 1986) … Funeral Director
- Jock Putnam … Ambulance Attendant
- Andy Andrews … Ambulance Attendant
- Syd Saylor … Soda Shop Owner. No dancing, it’s not allowed!
- Edward Wermel … Prof. Farnstrom
- Beverly Lunsford … Patsy Townsend
- Les Hoyle … Man
- Ashley Cowan (The Buccaneer, Mutiny on the Bounty 1962) … Captain Mel Lockhart. The doomed astronaut, controlled by the mysterious, homicidal force. In his short time on screen, he looks like a zombie. He begs ground control to remotely destroy his ship. Which they reluctantly do.
- Joseph F. Robertson … The Crawling Hand (uncredited)
