The Killer Shrews

Name: The Killer Shrews
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1959-06-25
Duration: 1 h 9 min
Rating: 4.2
Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon, Baruch Lumet

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The Killer Shrews (1959)

1:09 (69 min)

Horror, Science Fiction

United States

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Actors and characters

Watch film The Killer Shrews — The Killer Shrews Official Color Trailer

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Production

Hollywood Pictures Corporation

Release date

25 June 1959

Budget

$123 000

Revenue

$1 000 000

Director

Ray Kellogg

Scenario

Jay Simms

Author

Composer

Harry Bluestone

Producer

Ken Curtis

All team (18)

Actors

James Best

Thorne Sherman

Ingrid Goude

Ann Craigis

Ken Curtis

Jerry Farrell

Gordon McLendon

Dr. Radford Baines

Baruch Lumet

Dr. Marlowe Craigis

Judge Henry Dupree

'Rook' Griswold

Alfredo de Soto

Mario

All actors and roles (7)

Short description

Trapped on a remote island by a hurricane, a group discover a doctor has been experimenting on creating half sized humans. Unfortunately, his experiments have also created giant shrews, who when they have run out of small animals to eat, turn on the humans.

What's left behind the scenes

Ingrid Good was a beauty contestant in the 'Miss Sweden' pageant.
The mole people themselves are dogs dressed in costumes.
The working title of the film was "The Attack of the Killer Shrews."
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).
The film was released in Germany under the title "Die Nacht der unheimlichen Bestien" ("The Night of the Creepy Beasts").
The film marked the cinematic debut of Jajja Henry Dupree and Alfredo De Soto.
Baruch Lumet, a well-known Broadway theater actor and the father of the famous director Sidney Lumet, appears in the film.
The film is in the public domain.
Ingrid Good's last 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.
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.
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.