Movie Cosmos - The Monster That Challenged the World

Description:

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Top Cast >

Tim Holt

As Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger

Audrey Dalton

As Gail MacKenzie

Hans Conried

As Dr. Jess Rogers

Barbara Darrow

As Jody Simms

Max Showalter

As Dr. Tad Johns

Harlan Warde

As Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens

Gordon Jones

As Sheriff Josh Peters

Mimi Gibson

As Sandy MacKenzie

Marjorie Stapp

As Connie Blake

Jody McCrea

As Seaman Fred Johnson

Wallace Earl

As Sally

Dennis McCarthy

As George Blake (lab assistant)

Sarah Selby

As Mrs. Simms

Milton Parsons

As Lewis Clark Dobbs

Charles Tannen

As Seaman Wyatt (Radioman)

Robert Benevides

As Seaman Morty Beatty

John Carlyle

As Monster Victim

John Close

As Deputy Larry

William Forrest

As Admiral Greenhouse

Gil Frye

As Deputy Scotty

Joseph Hamilton

As Other Lock Watchman

Charles Herbert

As Boy with Morty's Cap

Byron Kane

As Coroner Nate Brown

Ralph Littlefield

As Gatekeeper

David McMahon

As Patterson

Ralph Moody

As Watchman at Lock 57

William Swan

As Seaman Howard Sanders

Hal Taggart

As Davis - Resort Owner

Mack Williams

As Captain Masters

Dan Gachman

As Deputy Brewer

Michael Dugan

As Clarke

Top Crew >

Arnold Laven

Director

David Duncan

Story

Joel Moss

Sound Recordist

Virginia Mazzuca

Production Assistant

Heinz Roemheld

Conductor, Original Music Composer, Music Director

Charles Althouse

Sound Recordist, Sound Mixer

James Dowell Vance

Art Direction

Jules V. Levy

Producer

Augie Lohman

Special Effects

Kerwin Coughlin

Casting

Arthur Gardner

Producer

Lester White

Director of Photography

John Faure

Editor

Pat Fielder

Screenplay

Rudy Butler

Set Decoration

Scotty Welbourne

Underwater Director of Photography

Maurice Vaccarino

Assistant Director

Olga Collings

Hairstylist

Paul Stader

Other

Ted Haworth

Other

Robert H. Crandall

Other

Abe Haberman

Makeup Artist

B. F. Remmington

Sound Recordist

Paul Eagler

Other

Allen Sloane

Wardrobe Supervisor

Norman Bishop

Technical Supervisor

Reviews:

John Chard (6/10)

Instant TERROR......just add water!

An earthquake out in the Salton Sea awakens the creeping dread, gigantic vampire water snails are on the loose and they are hungry for human fluid!

Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well constructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, this picture at least takes time to give us a bit of a nature heartbeat to help us understand the methods of a mollusc, and that alone should be applauded, so we learn while we have fun so to speak. The cast ooze B-movie standards, and that is in no way a bad thing here, whilst the Catalina Island locale sequences are pretty nifty to help salt the beef as it were!

Good honest fun that isn't short on creepiness, and top marks to the makers for introducing a very ingenious creature to a truly wonderful genre. 6/10

2014-09-06