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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1959-04-22
Languageen
Runtime1h 11m
Budget$29,000
Production

Vanwick Productions, Filmservice Distributors Corporation

5.6(25)
•1959•1h 11m

The Monster of Piedras Blancas

"HE PREYS ON HUMAN FLESH!"

Science FictionHorror

Overview

An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.

Writing & Screenplay
H. Haile Chace
Cinematography
Philip H. Lathrop

Principal Cast

9 credited
Les Tremayne
Les TremayneDr. Sam Jorgenson
Forrest Lewis
Forrest LewisConstable George Matson
John Harmon
John HarmonSturges, the Lighthouse Keeper
Frank Arvidson
Frank ArvidsonKochek, the Storekeeper
Jeanne Carmen
Jeanne CarmenLucille Sturges
Don Sullivan
Don SullivanFred
Pete Dunn
Pete DunnEddie / The Monster
JL
Joseph La CavaMike
WB
Wayne BerwickLittle Jimmy

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