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16/07/1959 Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery 1h 14m
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Nerve-shattering terror!

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.

  1. Roy Del Ruth

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Beverly Garland

    Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin

  2. Bruce Bennett

    Dr. Eric Lorimer

  3. Lon Chaney Jr.

    Manon

  4. George Macready

    Dr. Mark Sinclair

  5. Frieda Inescort

    Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

  6. Richard Crane

    Paul Webster

  7. Douglas Kennedy

    Dr. Wayne McGregor

  8. Bill Bradley

    Patient 'Number Six' (uncredited)

  9. Hal K. Dawson

    Conductor

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-02-20
_**Deep in the Louisiana bog is a cryptic estate with reptilian secrets**_

A woman (Beverly Garland) seeks her missing husband (Richard Crane) deep in the bayous of Cajun Country. She ends up at a mysterious plantation with an unfriendly host, a questionable doctor (Bruce Bennett) and a crazy man with a hook-hand living in the swamp (Lon Chaney Jr.).

"The Alligator People" (1959) is a B&W horror/tragedy that starts with Southern Gothic meshed with the set-up of Dracula (a stranger stays overnight at an ominous secluded abode) and builds on that with elements of Frankenstein and The I...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$300,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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