The Alligator People

"Nerve-shattering terror!"

Jul 16 1959 Approved 1h 14m
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Under therapeutic hypnosis, a seemingly well-adjusted young woman tells a fantastic story, verified by lie detector, of her forgotten marriage to a man who disappeared on the day of their honeymoon, and of her search for him which takes her to a lonely mansion in a remote section of swampland tenanted by snakes, alligators, a drunken one-armed lout, a mysterious doctor, and a cold-hearted elderly woman who lives alone in a brooding manse.

Plot

A newlywed couple sit in a train. The husband receives a frantic telegram. He gets off at a station to make a phone call, the train pulls away without him on it, and that's the last his wife sees of him. Years later after a long search she finally tracks him down on his family's southern estate where she discovers that a failed medical treatment has turned him into an alligator mutant.

Written by

Orville H. Hampton, Charles O'Neal, Robert M. Fresco

Directed by

Roy Del Ruth

Cast

Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr.

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Associated Producers (API)

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
The Alligator People Trailer
Featurettes
Joe Dante on THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE
Scores
# of Votes
2,656
Average Rating
5.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA