The Giant Gila Monster
1959 · 74 MIN · IMDB 3.5 · 3,242 VOTES · DIR. Ray Kellogg
Overview
A small town in Texas finds itself under attack from a hungry, fifty-foot-long gila monster. No longer content to forage in the desert, the giant lizard begins chomping on motorists and train passengers before descending upon the town itself. Only Chase Winstead, a quick-thinking mechanic, can save the town from being wiped out.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,208 lines
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00:00:05 - In the enormity of the West,
00:04:37 but nobody ought to do it twice.
00:07:07 - This is a missing person's report,
00:09:24 - Were they in any kind of trouble?
00:11:38 I ain't worried.
00:13:50 - Sheriff got a new patrol car.
00:16:09 It could've been the people who called in.
00:20:00 - Probably belonged to some hitchhiker,
00:23:36 and black thing drove right in front of me.
00:27:11 - Well, look, I really feel indebted to you,
00:29:18 I even wiped up the rubber dust with my fingers.
00:33:57 - I wonder what that was.
00:37:24 well, the brakes could have faded,
00:42:30 - Didn't you really?
00:45:18 - He may have been hurt and crawled away.
00:46:58 - Do you think there's a tie-up?
00:51:45 He'll be here if you want him.
00:54:30 - Come on, Mom, I'm just trying to make
00:56:40 A giant lizard.
00:59:34 until a thorough investigation had been made,
01:01:51 - Here, I guess.
01:05:01 Quiet, everybody.
01:10:35 That's where Missy is!
01:14:12 - I'll bring him around in the morning.
Cast & Characters
Don Sullivan
Chase Winstead
Fred Graham
Sheriff Jeff
Lisa Simone
Lisa
Shug Fisher
Old Man Harris
Bob Thompson
Mr. Wheeler
Janice Stone
Missy Winstead
Ken Knox
Horatio Alger 'Steamroller' Smith
Gay McLendon
Mom Winstead
Don Flournoy
Gordy
Cecil Hunt
Mr. Compton
Stormy Meadows
Agatha Humphries
Howard Ware
Ed Humphries
Pat Reeves
Rick
Jan McLendon
Jennie
Jerry Cortwright
Bob
Beverly Thurman
Gay
Clarke Browne
Chuck
Grady Vaughn
Pat Wheeler
Desmond Dhooge
Hitchhiker (as Desmond Doogh)
Ann Sonka
Whila
Yolanda Salas
Liz Humphries
Gordon McLendon
Narrator (uncredited)
Angus G. Wynne III
Dumb Teen ((uncredited)
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,208
Dialogue density16.3 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:14:12
Production Record
DirectorRay Kellogg
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,242
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