The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Director:
Ray Kellogg
Tagline:
« The Biggest Terror Ever Unleashed on the Screen! »
Actors:
Chase Winstead
Sheriff Jeff
Lisa
Old Man Harris
Mr. Wheeler
Rating:
(4’735 votes)
(4’735 votes)
Quotes:
« Sheriff Jeff: I ask you what time it is and you tell me how to build a clock, just answer the question!
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« Sheriff Jeff: Have you heard the reports of a "giant lizard"?
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« Mr. Wheeler: Yes, but it's just not possible.
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« Sheriff Jeff: Well, why not? There have been giants before!
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« Sheriff Jeff: *What* did you hit him with?
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« Chase Winstead: My brand new, 100% completed hot rod.
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« Sheriff Jeff: You'd have had to start in the next county to get up enough momentum to do that to him.
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« Chase Winstead: Not with 4 quarts of nitro glycerin riding with me.
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« Mr. Wheeler: You drove across that rough field carrying nitro?
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« Chase Winstead: Yes sir!
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« Sheriff Jeff: Do you realize what could have happened?
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« Chase Winstead: It did. I lost my car!
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« Sheriff Jeff: Don't worry about that, the railroad will be *glad* to buy you a new one.
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Trailer:
Official Trailer
Runtime:74 minutes
Plots:
A giant lizard terrorizes a rural Texas community and a heroic teenager attempts to destroy the creature.
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. After a series of tragic motor accidents, it becomes apparent that a giant Gila monster is roaming the area depleting the town of its citizens and visitors, including two hot-rodding teens, and planning to attend the BIG record-hop party.
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry 50-foot-long Gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard chomps on motorists and train passengers before descending on the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.
Official websites:
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Fan site,
IMCDb.org: cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles seen in this production,
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