The Beast of Yucca Flats
Commies made him an atomic mutant!
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Release Date
6/2/1961Runtime
54 minsGenres
Overview
A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$34,000Revenue
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A starkly disquieting creature feature that weaponizes Cold War anxiety into 54 minutes of relentless dread. The beast here is less a monster than a casualty of the nuclear age.
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Tor Johnson
Joseph Javorsky
Douglas Mellor
Hank Radcliffe
Barbara Francis
Lois Radckiffe
Bing Stafford
Patrolman Jim Archer
Larry Aten
Patrolman Joe Dobson
Alan Francis
Mike, also called Art, Radcliffe
Ronald Francis
Randy Radcliffe
Coleman Francis
Narrator / Gas Station Attendant / Newspaper Customer
Anthony Cardoza
KGB Driver / Fat Man in Rescue Plane
John Morrison
KGB Agent with Mustache
Jim Miles
Javorsky's Aide
Jim Oliphant
The Stranded Motorist
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