Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown

A Hideous Monster from Beyond the Grave!

NR 1958 · 78 min · ★ 4.4 · Horror

A series of grisly murders plague a small mountain community and the sheriff suspects a local scientist whom he dislikes. Together with a former professor and the professor's pretty daughter, the scientist sets about solving the crimes and discovers the killer is an oversized 16th century conquistador, resurrected by a lightning bolt from his mountain grave.

Directed by Richard E. Cunha · Written by Frank Hart Taussig

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Cast

Ed Kemmer Wayne Brooks
Sally Fraser Janet Cleveland
Morris Ankrum Dr. Frederick Cleveland
Bob Steele Sheriff Parker
Buddy Baer Vargas the Giant
Gary Crutcher Charlie Brown
Billy Dix Indian Joe
Oliver Blake Cafe Proprietor
Jolene Brand Ann Brown
Ned Davenport First Townsman
Ewing Miles Brown Townsman
Frank Hart Taussig Townsman (uncredited)

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