The Alligator People

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The Alligator People

Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Produced by	Jack Leewood
Written by	Robert M. Fresco Orville H. Hampton Charles O'Neal
Starring	Beverly Garland Bruce Bennett
Music by	Irving Gertz
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Release date(s)	July 1959
Running time	74 mins
Country	United States
Language	English
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The Alligator People is a 1959 science fiction horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth.

The film follows a scientist who, as a result of a lab experiment involving alligator hormones gone awry, transforms injured men into alligator-human hybrids. The main monster (Paul Webster) runs amok, but in the end falls into quicksand. The film is set in the Southern United States and is one of many monster B-movies released in the era.

[edit] Cast

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Actor	Role
Beverly Garland	Joyce Webster
Bruce Bennett	Dr. Eric Lorimer
Lon Chaney Jr.	Manon
George Macready	Dr. Mark Sinclair
Frieda Inescort	Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne, Henry's Wife
Richard Crane	Paul Webster
Douglas Kennedy	Dr. Wayne MacGregor

[edit] Trivia

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The Lizard, a Marvel Comics character who first appeared several years later in 1963, has an origin which is nearly identical to the Alligator Man's in the film.
A video game for the Atari 2600 based on the movie was programmed by 20th Century Fox, but never released.
In Metal Gear Solid 3 Para-medic makes a reference of the movie when Naked Snake equips the alligator cap.