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The Beast of Yucca Flats

The Beast of Yucca Flats
★ 2.3/10•1961•54m•NR•Horror•Science Fiction

Commies made him an atomic mutant!

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.

Coleman Francis · Writer

Coleman Francis · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime54m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 2, 1961
Budget$34,000

Actors

Tor Johnson

Tor Johnson

Joseph Javorsky

Douglas Mellor

Hank Radcliffe

Barbara Francis

Lois Radckiffe

Bing Stafford

Patrolman Jim Archer

Larry Aten

Larry Aten

Patrolman Joe Dobson

Alan Francis

Mike, also called Art, Radcliffe

Ronald Francis

Randy Radcliffe

Coleman Francis

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

Linda Bielema

The Stranded Motorist's Wife

George Principe

The Passing Motorist

Marcia Knight

Jim's Woman (uncredited)

Graham Stafford

Newsboy

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