Malcolm Atterbury	Charles Rivers
Whit Bissell	Dr. Alfred Brandon
Larry Carr	Diving guy
Herman Cohen	Man with crime scene photos
Dorothy Crehan	Mrs. Mary Logan
Robert Griffin	Police Chief P.F. Baker
S. John Launer	Bill Logan
Michael Landon	Tony Rivers / Teenage Werewolf
Louise Lewis	Miss Ferguson
Yvonne Lime	Arlene Logan
Eddie Marr	Doyle a Reporter
Tony Marshall	Jimmy
Joseph Mell	Dr. Hugo Wagner
Ken Miller	Vic the Bongo Player
Barney Phillips	Det. Sgt. Donovan
Dawn Richard	Theresa
Cindy Robbins	Peral
Michael Rougas	Frank

Director	Gene Fowler Gene Fowler Jr.
Producer	Herman Cohen
Writer	Aben Kandel Herman Cohen Ralph Thornton

Michael Landon, contrary to what some believe, never downplayed his connection to this film for it gave him his start in show business. He may at first have had doubts about being connected with it with the initial uproar, which is why he turned down the chance to play the werewolf a second time, but after that, he never bad-mouthed the film. In fact, he paid homage to it on a Halloween episode of "Highway to Heaven."

Anyway, the acting is good all around with standout performances by Landon and Whit Bissell. The "science" used to turn Tony into the monster may be silly today, but in the 1950's, there were a lot of talk and film plots about past-life regression following the Bridey Murphy newspaper accounts (also used in THE SHE-CREATURE). Again you had to live in the 1950's to understand all this. Philip Scheer's werewolf makeup is one of the better pre-Howling/American Werewolf ones in movie history and while the transformation scene isn't as good as in THE WOLF MAN or THE WEREWOLF, the director did not have a lot of money or time to work with and did a good job considering.

A film has to be pretty good, even with a low budget, to be as successful as this one was...and to remain a cult favorite 45 years later. It has stood the test of time and deserves to be considered a classic of its kind.

Edition Details Audience Rating UR (Unrated) Country USA Language English Barcode 043396609068 Region Region 1 Release Date 6/19/1957 Packaging Keep Case Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3) Audio Tracks Stereo [English] No. of Disks/Tapes 1

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