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About
A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.
Theatrical
Jun 2, 1961
Budget
$34K
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 5, 2000
Director
Producers
Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis, Roland Morin
Studio
Cinema Associates (III), Cardoza-Francis Productions
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Cast
Full credits →T
Tor Johnson
Joseph Javorsky
D
Douglas Mellor
Hank Radcliffe
C
Coleman Francis
Narrator / Gas Station Attendant / Newspaper Customer
A
Anthony Cardoza
KGB Driver / Fat Man in Rescue Plane
J
John Morrison
KGB Agent with Mustache
M
Marcia Knight
Jim's Woman (uncredited)
E
Eric Tomlin
Car Chase Witness
C
Conrad Brooks
Man at Airfield
Quotes
See all →Hope Beyond Medical Expertise
Joe Dobson
Well, doctors can't help her. Maybe angels, but not doctors.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Survival and Conflict in Harsh Conditions
Narrator
Twenty hours without rest and still no enemy. In the blistering desert heat, Jim and Joe plan their next attack. Find the Beast and kill him. Kill, or be killed. Man's inhumanity to man.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
