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Feature film — 1959

The Alligator People (1959)

5.61h 14mScience Fiction — Horror — Mystery

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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Director: Roy Del Ruth

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Cast & crew

Beverly Garland as Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin

Beverly Garland

Joyce Webster, aka Jane Marvin

Bruce Bennett as Dr. Eric Lorimer

Bruce Bennett

Dr. Eric Lorimer

Lon Chaney Jr. as Manon

Lon Chaney Jr.

Manon

George Macready as Dr. Mark Sinclair

George Macready

Dr. Mark Sinclair

Frieda Inescort as Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Frieda Inescort

Mrs. Lavinia Hawthorne

Richard Crane as Paul Webster

Richard Crane

Paul Webster

Douglas Kennedy as Dr. Wayne McGregor

Douglas Kennedy

Dr. Wayne McGregor

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Bill Bradley

Patient 'Number Six' (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson as Conductor

Hal K. Dawson

Conductor

Dudley Dickerson as Porter

Dudley Dickerson

Porter

John Frederick as 1st Male Nurse (uncredited)

John Frederick

1st Male Nurse (uncredited)

Ruby Goodwin as Louann

Ruby Goodwin

Louann

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