‘The horror of all mankind terrifies the screen!’
The Werewolf is a 1956 American sci-fi horror film produced by Sam Katzman and directed and narrated by Fred F. Sears (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Giant Claw) from a screenplay written by Robert E. Kent (Diary of a Madman, Twice-Told Tales).
The film’s soundtrack score was composed by noted composer Mischa Bakaleinikoff.
Like the following year’s The Vampire, this film offers a science fiction view of a traditionally supernatural creature although the films were produced by different companies.
Plot:
Duncan Marsh (Steven Ritch), a mild-mannered man, finds himself lost in a remote village called Mountain Crest. His mind is clouded, but he learns later that Emory Forrest (S. John Launer) and Morgan Chambers (George Lynn), two scientists, injected him with a special serum containing irradiated wolf’s blood when he was suffering from amnesia after being in a car accident. The wolf’s blood, for unknown reasons, changed the previously gentlemanly Duncan into a vicious werewolf…
Cast and characters:
Don Megowan … Sheriff Jack Haines; Joyce Holden … Amy Standish; Eleanore Tanin … Mrs Helen Marsh; Kim Charney … Chris Marsh; Harry Lauter … Deputy Ben Clovey; Larry J. Blake … Hank Durgis; Ken Christy … Doctor Jonas Gilcrist; James Gavin … Mack Fanning; S. John Launer … Doctor Emery Forrest; George Lynn … Doctor Morgan Chambers (as George M. Lynn); George Cisar … Hoxie; Steven Ritch … The Werewolf
Filming locations:
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California
Technical details:
1 hour 19 minutes
Black and white
Aspect ratio: 1.85: 1
Audio: Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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