The Beast of Hollow Mountain
The Beast of Hollow Mountain is a 1956 Weird West horror film about an American rancher living in Mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon by a dinosaur.[1]
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Directed by | Edward Nassour Ismael Rodríguez |
Produced by | Edward Nassour William Nassour |
Written by | Willis O'Brien (as El Toro Estrella) Robert Hill Jack DeWitt (dialogue) |
Starring | Guy Madison Patricia Medina Carlos Rivas Mario Navarro |
Music by | Raúl Lavista |
Cinematography | Jorge Stahl Jr. |
Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd Maury Wright Fernando Martínez |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States Mexico |
Language | English |
Cast
- Guy Madison as Jimmy Ryan
- Patricia Medina as Sarita
- Carlos Rivas as Felipe Sanchez
- Eduardo Noriega as Enrique Rios
- Julio Villarreal as Don Pedro
- Mario Navarro as Panchito
- Pascual García Peña as Pancho
- Lupe Carriles as Margarita
Production
The first film to show dinosaurs and cowboys in the same picture, it is notable for being based on a story idea by special effects innovator Willis O'Brien.[2] O'Brien was also to have originally done the special effects for this movie, but this did not happen for reasons unknown. Jack Rabin, Henry Sharp and Louis de Witt ended up doing the effects, probably based on O'Brien's storyboards. This film was one of the few American/Mexican co-productions of the '50s. It was made in color and filmed in CinemaScope. It starred Guy Madison and Patricia Medina, and was produced/ co-directed by Edward Nassour.[3]
The film was filmed back-to-back in both English and Spanish at Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and released as La bestia de la montaña in Mexico.[4][5]
O'Brien's story that inspired the script for this film also inspired his earlier, unproduced script The Valley of the Mists, which would later be made as The Valley of Gwangi by O'Brien's protégé Ray Harryhausen.[5]
In popular culture
On April 14, 2017, the film was "riffed" as Episode Five of the new Season Eleven of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix.[6]
See also
References
- "The Beast of Hollow Mountain". Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- "The Beast Of Hollow Mountain / The Neanderthal Man Double Feature". Shout Factory. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- "The Beast of Hollow Mountain". MoviePass. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- "Creature Features: The Beast of Hollow Mountain". Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- Erickson, Glenn. "The Beast of Hollow Mountain / Neanderthal Man". DVD Savant. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
- "Mystery Science Theatre episode list". Satellite of Love, LLC. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
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