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About
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.
Director
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B.R. McLendon, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon
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Hollywood Pictures Corporation
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Sheriff Jeff
*What* did you hit him with?
Chase Winstead
My brand new, 100% completed hot rod.
Sheriff Jeff
You'd have had to start in the next county to get up enough momentum to do that to him.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Concerns About Pat and Liz's Car Trouble
Chase Winstead
Where's Pat and Liz?
Bob
Maybe their car broke down?
Chase Winstead
Hey! I worked on that car myself!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Don Sullivan
Chase Winstead
F
Fred Graham
Sheriff Jeff
L
Lisa Simone
Lisa
S
Shug Fisher
Old Man Harris
B
Bob Thompson
Mr. Wheeler
K
Ken Knox
Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith
H
Howard Ware
Ed Humphries
D
Desmond Dhooge
Hitchhiker (as Desmond Doogh)
G
Gordon McLendon
Narrator (uncredited)
A
Angus G. Wynne III
Dumb Teen ((uncredited)
