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The Alligator People

The Alligator People

Nerve-shattering terror!

19595.61h 14m

Overview

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.

Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Written by Orville H. Hampton, Charles O'Neal
Produced by Jack Leewood
Box OfficeBudget: $300K0

Top Cast

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Dr. Eric Lorimer

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Manon

George Macready

George Macready

Dr. Mark Sinclair

Frieda Inescort

Frieda Inescort

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Paul Webster

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy

Dr. Wayne McGregor

B

Bill Bradley

Patient 'Number Six' (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Hal K. Dawson

Conductor

Dudley Dickerson

Dudley Dickerson

Porter

Themes & Keywords

mutantalligatorswampabsurdcliché

About The Alligator People

The Alligator People is a science fiction, horror, mystery film released in 1959 exploring themes of mutant, alligator, swamp, absurd, cliché. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, it stars Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr.. 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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