THE KILLER SHREWS [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1959
• Genre: Horror, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Best known as Deputy Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke, Ken Curtis produced and co-stars in this schlock classic about giant shrews that consume their body weight every eight hours. James Best is Thorne Sherman, forced by a hurricane to take refuge on the isolated island of Dr. Marlowe Craigis (Baruch Lumet), whose experiments mutated the hungry critters. Thorne makes a friend in the doctor's daughter, Ann (Ingrid Goude), and an enemy in his assistant, Jerry Farrell (Curtis) - but they must all work together when the fur starts to fly! ; ; Special-effects veteran Ray Kellogg directed this film andiits companion piece, The Giant Gila Monster, later sharing the directorial credit (with John Wayne) for The Green Berets.
• Cast: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon, Baruch Lumet, Judge Henry Dupree, Alfredo DeSoto, Ray Kellogg, Jay Simms
• Director: Ray Kellogg
• Runtime: 1:09
• Company: GoodTimes Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie