Tim Holt
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The Monster That Challenged the World is a 1957 black-and-white science-fiction monster film from Gramercy Pictures, [a] produced by Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy, and Arnold Laven (who also directed), and starring Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton. [1] The film was distributed by United Artists as the top half of a double feature with The Vampire.
- June 1957
A 1957 sci-fi horror film about giant snails that escape from the Salton Sea and terrorize the Imperial Valley. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
- (2.9K)
- Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Arnold Laven
- 1957-06
Apr 29, 2022 · A sci-fi movie about prehistoric mollusk monsters that escape from the Salton Sea and terrorize California. Watch the colorized version of this classic film with reviews and comments from viewers.
- 84 min
- 7.7K
- George Fergus
The Monster That Challenged the World was shot in sixteen days on a budget of $200,000 and reportedly Holt suffered a broken arm during one of the film's action sequences. According to co-producer Arthur Gardner in Science Fiction Movie Stars and Horror Heroes by Tom Weaver, "The mollusk monster was conceived by us and executed by a very good ...
A 1957 film about giant sea snails that attack humans after an earthquake. Read critic and audience reviews, see photos, and find out where to watch this retro sci-fi treat.
- (5)
- Arnold Laven
- G
- Tim Holt
Just about the right side of good, The Monster Who Challenge The World holds up well because of the well constructed creatures and a bit of care and attention to the boffin discussions. Far too many 50s creature features just used a basic premise of creatures obliterating mankind because they were in an odd mood, but much like The Beast From ...
The Monster That Challenged the World is the misleadingly title for one of the more well-regarded second-echelon horror films of the 1950s. An underwater earthquake in the Sargasso sea yields up the eggs of a long-extinct sea monster.
