The Killer Shrews

The Killer Shrews (1959)

Timing: 1:9 (69 min)

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• The film is in the public domain.
• The film company Legend Films released a color version of the film on DVD, on a single disc with the film 'Giant Monster Gila' (1959).
• Gordon McLendon played the role of Dr. Bayne. He was also one of the film's producers. McLendon at that time owned several radio stations and movie theaters in Texas.
• Ingrid Good was a beauty contestant in the 'Miss Sweden' pageant.
• Baruch Lumet, a well-known Broadway theater actor and the father of the famous director Sidney Lumet, appears in the film.
• The film was produced by actor Ken Curtis, who surprisingly did not take on the lead role, but played an ordinary slightly tipsy guy.
• In Germany, the film was released under the title «Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien» ("The Night of the Creepy Beasts").
• The mole people themselves are dogs dressed in costumes.
• The film marked the cinematic debut of Jajja Henry Dupree and Alfredo De Soto.
• Ingrid Good's last film.
• The working title of the film was “The Attack of the Killer Shrews.”
• When Dr. Baines introduces Sherman to Jerry at the beginning, Jerry has a rifle in his left hand and a pistol over his right pocket. In the next frame, a second later, the pistol is already hanging over his left pocket near the rifle.
• The film was released in Germany under the title "Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien" ("The Night of the Creepy Beasts").
• The working title of the film was "The Attack of the Killer Shrews."