The Monolith Monsters
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The Monolith Monsters (1957, USA) is a Science Fiction film directed by John Sherwood
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- Featured in: Three Monster Tales of Sci-Fi Terror (Blu Ray) | The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection 1 & 2
Main Details
- Released in 1957
- B & W
- Running time: 77 minutes
- Production and Distribution Co.: Universal Pictures
- Directed by John Sherwood
- Produced by Howard Christie
- Screenplay by Norman Jolley, Robert M. Fresco, Jack Arnold
- Starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright, Les Tremayne, William Schallert
- Narrated by Paul Frees (uncredited)
- Music by Henry Mancini, Irving Getz, Herman Stein
- Cinematography Ellis W. Carter
- Edited by Patrick McCormack
Plot Summary
- Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
Taglines
- Mammoth skyscrapers of stone thundering across the earth!
- From Outer Space They Came - Meteor Borne, Meteor Strange!
- Now The Amazing Monolith Monsters Reveal Powers Shocking Beyond Belief!
- The most startling science fiction concept ever brought to the screen!
- Stranger Than Anything Science Had Ever Discovered As Thrill Crowds Upon Thrill!
- THIS WAS THE DAY THE MONOLITH MONSTERS ATTACKED THE EARTH! (original print ad - all caps)
