The Alligator People

Jul 16, 1959

1h 14m

★ 5.6

Nerve-shattering terror!

Overview

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.

Genres

Science Fiction

Horror

Mystery

Production Companies

Associated Producers (API)

The Alligator People Trailers

Cast

Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin

Beverly Garland

Dr. Eric Lorimer

Bruce Bennett

Manon

Lon Chaney Jr.

Dr. Mark Sinclair

George Macready

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Frieda Inescort

Paul Webster

Richard Crane

Dr. Wayne McGregor

Douglas Kennedy

Patient 'Number Six' (uncredited)

Bill Bradley

Conductor

Hal K. Dawson

Porter

Dudley Dickerson

1st Male Nurse (uncredited)

John Frederick

Louann

Ruby Goodwin

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