The Giant Gila Monster
Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast... Only God could destroy it!
74 mins
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.
Janice Stone
Missy Winstead
Ken Knox
Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith
Don Flournoy
Gordy
Cecil Hunt
Mr. Compton
Stormy Meadows
Agatha Humphries
Howard Ware
Ed Humphries
Pat Reeves
Rick
Jan McLendon
Jennie
Clarke Browne
Chuck
Grady Vaughn
Pat Wheeler
Desmond Dhooge
Hitchhiker (as Desmond Doogh)
Ann Sonka
Whila
Yolanda Salas
Liz Humphries
Angus G. Wynne III
Dumb Teen ((uncredited)
Jay Simms
Screenplay
B.R. McLendon
Producer
Jack Marshall
Original Music Composer
Louise Caldwell
Set Decoration
Corinne Daniel
Makeup Artist
Aaron Stell
Editor
Ben Chapman
Production Manager
George Gordon Nogle
Camera Operator
Henry A. Kokojan
Camera Operator
William John Ranaldi
Assistant Camera
Harry L. Gianneschi
Assistant Camera
Ralph Hammeras
Special Effects
Wee Risser
Special Effects
Louise Caldwell
Art Designer
Earl Snyder
Sound
Audrey A. Blasdel
Script Supervisor
Milton Citron
Sound Effects
James Richard
Sound Effects