A couple of teenagers are reported missing in a small Texas town and it is thought they eloped. Sheriff Jeff turns to his friend, Clarence Winstead, a garage mechanic and leader of a hot-rod gang for help. A series of tragic motor accidents occurs and it becomes apparent that a GIANT GILA MONSTER is roaming the area and depleting the town of its citizens and passer-throughs, including two hot-rodding teen-agers. And it might have plans on attending the BIG record-hop party.
The Giant Gila Monster (1959) starring Don Sullivan, Fred Graham, Lisa Simone
Product Description
A monstrous poisonous reptile slithers from the depths of the midwest outback to wreak death and destruction on civilization. When teenagers start disappearing from lover’s lane, a tough-talking sheriff and teen hot-rodder form an unlikely alliance to find the missing youths. What they discover is a mutant Gila monster large enough to destroy the whole town. Between scenes of low-budget destruction, Chace Winstead (Don Sullivan of Teenage Zombies / Monster Of Piedras Blancas fame) sings a couple of not-bad pop songs while cowboy perennials Fred Graham and Shug Fisher make memorable appearances. The Giant Gila Monster was filmed in Texas back-to-back with another Ray Kellogg/Ken Curtis production, The Killer Shrews.
Cast of characters
- Don Sullivan … Chase Winstead
- Fred Graham (The Fuller Brush Girl) … Sheriff Jeff
- Lisa Simone (Missile to the Moon) … Lisa
- Shug Fisher … Old Man Harris
- Bob Thompson … Mr. WheelerJanice Stone … Missy Winstead
- Ken Knox … Horatio Alger ‘Steamroller’ Smith
- 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
- Yolanda Salas … Liz Humphries
Additional cast
- Gordon McLendon (The Killer Shrews) … Narrator (uncredited)
- Patricia Simmons … Sherry (uncredited)
- Angus G. Wynne III … Dumb Teen (uncredited)
