Giant from the Unknown
4.5
“A Hideous Monster from Beyond the Grave!”
A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.
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Cast
13 people
Ed Kemmer
Wayne Brooks
Known for
Earth vs. the Spider
Sally Fraser
Janet Cleveland
Known for
It Conquered the World
Earth vs. the Spider
Morris Ankrum
Dr. Frederick Cleveland
Known for
In a Lonely Place
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Bob Steele
Sheriff Parker
Known for
The Big Sleep
Hang 'em High
Buddy Baer
Vargas the Giant
Known for
Quo Vadis
Jack and the Beanstalk
Gary Crutcher
Charlie Brown
Known for
Queen of Blood
Billy Dix
Indian Joe
Also in
She Demons
The Lonely Man
Oliver Blake
Cafe Proprietor
Known for
The Long, Long Trailer
Cry of the City
Jolene Brand
Ann Brown
Ned Davenport
First Townsman
Also in
It Came from Outer Space
Montana Belle
Ewing Miles Brown
Townsman
Also in
The Astounding She-Monster
Like Wow!
Frank Hart Taussig
Townsman (uncredited)
Richard E. Cunha Director · Ralph Brooke Screenplay Frank Hart Taussig Screenplay
Budget $54K · United States release January 3, 1958 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$54,000
Production
Screencraft Enterprises
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 3, 1958
Theatrical
Mexico
June 2, 1960 · Theatrical
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