Creature with the Atom Brain was a 1955 B movie zombie film from Clover Productions, directed by Edward L. Cahn from a screenplay by Curt Siodmak and distributed by Columbia Pictures as the bottom half of a double bill with It Came from Beneath the Sea. The cast included Michael Granger, Gregory Gaye as well as Richard Denning, who starred in a number of similar 1950s "B" movies.
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Synopsis [edit]
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
Cast [edit]
- Richard Denning as Dr. Chet Walker[1]
- Angela Stevens as Joyce Walker
- Lane Chandler as Gen. Saunders
- Charles Horvath as Creature
- Michael Granger as Frank Buchanan
- Gregory Gaye as Dr. Wilhelm Steigg
- Pierre Watkin as Mayor Bremer
- Harry Lauter as Reporter #1
- Larry J. Blake as Reporter #2
- Richard H. Cutting as Dick Cutting, Radio Broadcaster
Legacy [edit]
Creature with the Atom Brain inspired the name for the rock band Creature with the Atom Brain, as well as the Roky Erickson & The Aliens' song of the same name.
References [edit]
- ^ "Creature with the Atom Brain - Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) - Film". CineMagia.ro. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
External links [edit]
- Creature with the Atom Brain Review at Atomic Monsters.com
- Creature with the Atom Brain at the Internet Movie Database
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