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The Alligator People

Nerve-shattering terror!

5.6(68)19591h 14m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
$300K
Box office
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Language
English
  • mutant
  • alligator
  • swamp
  • campy
  • absurd
  • cliché

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Behind the camera

Director

Roy Del Ruth

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR16 Jul 1959

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The Alligator People was released on 16 July 1959.

Audience reviews

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    stugood

    3/21/2019

    5/10

    What seems to begin in the southern gothic vein, complete with voiceover narrative by a newlywed (likable Beverly Garland) concerning the sudden and mysterious disappearance of her husband, soon picks up the pace as a sci-fi monster picture, akin to previous year's <i> The Fly. </i> Unfortunately, the last act fully descends into tomfoolery and questionable monster makeup - namely a rubbery alligator suit. Despite it…

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    Wuchak

    2/20/2022

    6/10

    _**Deep in the Louisiana bog is a cryptic estate with reptilian secrets**_ A woman (Beverly Garland) seeks her missing husband (Richard Crane) deep in the bayous of Cajun Country. She ends up at a mysterious plantation with an unfriendly host, a questionable doctor (Bruce Bennett) and a crazy man with a hook-hand living in the swamp (Lon Chaney Jr.). "The Alligator People" (1959) is a B&W horror/tragedy tha…

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