The Giant Gila Monster

(1959)

74 minutes

Horror

Directed by Ray Kellogg

Cast:

Don Sullivan as Chase Winstead 
Fred Graham as Sheriff Jeff 
Lisa Simone as Lisa 
Shug Fisher as Old Man Harris 
Bob Thompson as Mr. Wheeler 
Janice Stone as Missy Winstead 
Ken Knox as Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith 
Gay McLendon as Mom Winstead 
Don Flournoy as Gordy 
Cecil Hunt as Mr. Compton 
Stormy Meadows as Agatha Humphries 
Howard Ware as Ed Humphries 
Pat Reeves as Rick 
Jan McLendon as Jennie 
Jerry Cortwright as Bob 

The Giant Gila Monster trailer

The film takes place in a small Texas town where some teenagers disappear and are nowhere to be found. At first everyone thinks they ran off to get married, but then their bodies are discovered in a crevice. Sheriff Jeff teams up with his friend, Clarence Winstead for assistance. A number of unfortunate car accidents happen and it is soon discovered that a giant monster wandering throughout the town.