The Monster That Challenged the World
A new kind of terror to numb the nerves!
1957 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Arnold Laven |
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| Writer: | David Duncan, Pat Fielder |
| Staring: |
| Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 14, 1957 |
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| Director: | Arnold Laven |
| Writer: | David Duncan, Pat Fielder |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | california, sheriff, earthquake, coast guard, scuba diving, prehistoric creature, giant monster, scientist, sea monster, kraken, mysterious death, underwater cave, eccentric man, hysterical woman, little girl in peril, canal locks, old map |
| Production Companies | United Artists, Gramercy Pictures, Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $200,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tim Holt | Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger |
| Audrey Dalton | Gail MacKenzie |
| Hans Conried | Dr. Jess Rogers |
| Barbara Darrow | Jody Simms |
| Max Showalter | Dr. Tad Johns |
| Harlan Warde | Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens |
| Gordon Jones | Sheriff Josh Peters |
| Mimi Gibson | Sandy MacKenzie |
| Marjorie Stapp | Connie Blake |
| Jody McCrea | Seaman Fred Johnson |
| Wallace Earl | Sally |
| Dennis McCarthy | George Blake (lab assistant) |
| Sarah Selby | Mrs. Simms |
| Milton Parsons | Lewis Clark Dobbs |
| Charles Tannen | Seaman Wyatt (Radioman) |
| Robert Benevides | Seaman Morty Beatty |
| John Carlyle | Monster Victim |
| John Close | Deputy Larry |
| William Forrest | Admiral Greenhouse |
| Gil Frye | Deputy Scotty |
| Joseph Hamilton | Other Lock Watchman |
| Charles Herbert | Boy with Morty's Cap |
| Byron Kane | Coroner Nate Brown |
| Ralph Littlefield | Gatekeeper |
| David McMahon | Patterson |
| Ralph Moody | Watchman at Lock 57 |
| William Swan | Seaman Howard Sanders |
| Hal Taggart | Davis - Resort Owner |
| Mack Williams | Captain Masters |
| Dan Gachman | Deputy Brewer |
| Michael Dugan | Clarke |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Faure | Editor |
| Arnold Laven | Director |
| David Duncan | Story |
| Pat Fielder | Screenplay |
| Heinz Roemheld | Music Director, Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Lester White | Director of Photography |
| Kerwin Coughlin | Casting |
| James Dowell Vance | Art Direction |
| Rudy Butler | Set Decoration |
| Augie Lohman | Special Effects |
| B. F. Remmington | Sound Recordist |
| Charles Althouse | Sound Recordist, Sound Mixer |
| Maurice Vaccarino | Assistant Director |
| Paul Stader | Other |
| Ted Haworth | Other |
| Robert H. Crandall | Other |
| Scotty Welbourne | Underwater Director of Photography |
| Paul Eagler | Other |
| Abe Haberman | Makeup Artist |
| Olga Collings | Hairstylist |
| Allen Sloane | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Norman Bishop | Technical Supervisor |
| Virginia Mazzuca | Production Assistant |
| Joel Moss | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Arthur Gardner | Producer |
| Jules V. Levy | Producer |
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Popularity History
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Instant TERROR......just add water! An earthquake out in the Salton Sea awakens the creeping dread, gigantic vampire water snails are on the loose and they are hungry for human fluid! Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well const ... ructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, this picture at least takes time to give us a bit of a nature heartbeat to help us understand the methods of a mollusc, and that alone should be applauded, so we learn while we have fun so to speak. The cast ooze B-movie standards, and that is in no way a bad thing here, whilst the Catalina Island locale sequences are pretty nifty to help salt the beef as it were! Good honest fun that isn't short on creepiness, and top marks to the makers for introducing a very ingenious creature to a truly wonderful genre. 6/10