The Alligator People

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A confused horror yarn set in the Deep South, Alligator People stars Richard Crane as a husband who becomes accidently separated from his new wife (Beverly Garland) during a train ride. She tracks him down to the swamplands surrounding his family mansion. Her reunion with her husband is tarnished by the fact that he's been partially transformed into an alligator! This is the handiwork of doctor George MacReady, who's been conducting curious experiments with gators and humans. Garland must figure out a way to save...
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Overview

A confused horror yarn set in the Deep South, Alligator People stars Richard Crane as a husband who becomes accidently separated from his new wife (Beverly Garland) during a train ride. She tracks him down to the swamplands surrounding his family mansion. Her reunion with her husband is tarnished by the fact that he's been partially transformed into an alligator! This is the handiwork of doctor George MacReady, who's been conducting curious experiments with gators and humans. Garland must figure out a way to save her mutated husband from both the scientist and a drunken alligator hunter (Lon Chaney Jr.). The story is told in flashback, as psychiatrists try to figure out what has driven Garland insane. The Alligator People was the last film directed by Roy Del Ruth, light years away from his glory days at Warner Bros.
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Special Features

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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Craig Butler
A bizarre late 1950s sci-fi/horror tale, The Alligator People seems like it should be either a humdinger of a flick or else the kind that is enjoyable for the unintended laughs it provokes. In fact, Alligator is a rather somber, rather serious affair, which makes it far less engaging than many worse films. Genre films, especially in the 1950s, were often surprisingly good vehicles for social messages about the era, whether intentional or not. Alligator, despite its rather obvious inspiration from the earlier The Fly, seems to want to make some sort of point about alienation, as well as perhaps about secrets between married couples and, on a larger scale, the feeling that larger manmade forces are somehow intruding into individual lives. But it deals with all these in a superficial manner; worse, Alligator takes both its thematic ideas and its dramatic ideas and portrays them both in a manner that is equally dull. Make-up artist Dick Smith does a very good job with the monsters before they turn all-alligator; unfortunately, once "totally" transformed, they spout a rubber head that is laughably fake. Roy Del Ruth makes great use of locale and atmosphere (aided by Karl Struss's moody cinematography), but he allows everything to move very sluggishly and kills a great deal of potential suspense. Richard Crane and George Macready are serviceable, but Lon Chaney, Jr. gives a strong, hammy performance that adds fire. And as the lead, Beverly Garland is terrific, turning in the kind of B-movie performance that is absolutely essential for this kind of flick.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/7/2004
  • UPC: 024543120544
  • Original Release: 1959

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  • Source: 20th Century Fox
  • Region Code: 1
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Time: 1:14:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 33,536

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Beverly Garland Jane Marvin
George Macready Dr. Mark Sinclair
Richard Crane Paul Webster
Lon Chaney Jr. Mannon
Frieda Inescort Mrs. Henry Hawthorne
Vince Townsend Jr. Toby
Ruby Goodwin Lou Ann
John Merrick Nurse No. 1
Bruce Bennett Dr. Erik Lorimer
Bill Bradley Patient
Dudley Dickerson Porter
Hal K. Dawson Conductor
Douglas Kennedy Dr. Wayne McGregor
Technical Credits
Roy Del Ruth Director
Harry Gerstad Editor
Irving Gertz Score Composer
Orville H. Hampton Screenwriter
Jack Leewood Producer
John Mansbridge Art Director
Charles O'Neal Original Story
Karl Struss Cinematographer
Lyle Wheeler Art Director
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Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Titles [1:41]
2. A Serious Problem [4:11]
3. The Newlyweds [2:19]
4. Disturbing News [3:56]
5. Bayou Landing [1:21]
6. Wild, Primitive & Deadly [2:44]
7. The Cypresses [3:08]
8. The Gator Hater [3:52]
9. Terrible House [:42]
10. Patient #6 [1:32]
11. Our Last Chance [2:14]
12. Music in the Dark [1:25]
13. Paul's New Look [1:56]
14. The Swamp Doctor [2:48]
15. Something to Hide [:31]
16. Lost in the Swamp [:13]
17. Manon's Guest [4:55]
18. Too Great a Risk [2:10]
19. Sinclair's Experiments [2:22]
20. The After-Effects [:56]
21. The Final Treatment [4:58]
22. Alligator Man [2:11]
23. Claimed By the Swamp [1:47]
24. Satisfactory Adjustment [4:19]
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Menu

Side #1 --
   Play
   Language Selection
      Spoken Languages: English Stereo
      Spoken Languages: English Mono
      Spoken Languages: Spanish Mono
      Subtitles: English
      Subtitles: Spanish
      Subtitles: None
   Scene Selection
   Special Features
      Theatrical Trailer
      The Fly (1958)
      The Fly (1986)
      The Omen
      Phantom of the Paradise
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