War of the Colossal Beast

War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
AIP Production #304

Jeff and Cheryl take a field trip to Griffith Park Observatory to get a close-up view of a giant in War of the Colossal Beast.

Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Written by George Worthing Yeats from a story by Bert I. Gordon
Produced by Bert I. Gordon for Carmel Productions

Cast:
Sally Fraser as Joyce Manning
Roger Pace as Major Mark Baird
Dean Parkin as Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning/Colossal Man
Russ Bender as Dr. Carmichael
Rico Alaniz as Sgt. Luis Murillo
George Becwar as John Swanson
Robert Hernandez as Miguel
Charles Stewart as Captain Harris
June Jocelyn as Mrs. Edwards
John McNamara as Neurologist
Loretta Nicholson as Joan
Raymond Winston as Arthur Lang
Jack Kosslyn and Newscaster
George Navarro as Mexican Doctor
Bob Garnet as Pentagon Correspondent
Stan Chambers as TV Announcer
June Burt as Laurie Edwards
Howards Wright as Medical Research Officer
Mary Hennessy as Air Traffic Controller
George Alexander as Army Officer
Bill Giorgio as Bus Driver
Hal Torey as Health and Welfare Department Head
George Milan as General Nelson
Warren Frost as Switchboard Operator
Bob Tetrick
Rod Dana as Projectionist
Roy Gordon as Mayor (uncredited)

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)