The Alligator People (1959)

Review: The Alligator People (1959)

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Cast: Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., George Macready, Frieda Inescort,

Beverly Garland
Beverly Garland
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr.
George Macready
George Macready
Frieda Inescort
Frieda Inescort

Plot: 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.

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A friend who I often disagree with about movies recently surprised me with a recommendation. His opinions are often very stringent, yet here he was telling me that Roy Del Ruth’s The Alligator People was worth seeing. Del Ruth had a long […]

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