Orville H. Hampton Charles O'Neal Robert M. Fresco (uncredited)
Produced by
Jack Leewood
Starring
Beverly Garland Bruce Bennett Lon Chaney Jr.
Narrated by
Beverly Garland
Cinematography
Karl Struss
Edited by
Harry Gerstad
Music by
Irving Gertz
Production company
Associated Producers, Inc
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
July 22, 1959 (1959-07-22)
[1]
Running time
74 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$300,000
The Alligator People is a 1959 American CinemaScope science-fiction horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth.[2] It stars Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, and Lon Chaney Jr. This film was the penultimate feature directed by Del Ruth, and quite different from those of his days at Warner Bros.[3][4][5]
The film was theatrically distributed by 20th Century Fox on a double bill with Return of the Fly.[6][2]
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^"FILMLAND EVENTS". Los Angeles Times. Jan 16, 1959. ProQuest 167393898.
^Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties by Bill Warren
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