The Monster of Piedras Blancas

An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.

Cast

Les Tremayne

as Dr. Sam Jorgenson

Forrest Lewis

as Constable George Matson

John Harmon

as Sturges, the Lighthouse Keeper

Frank Arvidson

as Kochek, the Storekeeper

Jeanne Carmen

as Lucille Sturges

Don Sullivan

as Fred

Pete Dunn

as Eddie / The Monster

Joseph La Cava

as Mike

Wayne Berwick

as Little Jimmy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

OK, so the shadowy monster looks like something straight out of an episode of "Scooby Do", but that doesn't make this daft sci-fi yarn any worse than a great many of it's contemporaries - indeed it's actually quite fun to watch as 'Dr. Sam Jorgenson" (Les Tremayne) and hunky "Fred" (Don Sullivan) se...

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