Giant from the Unknown

Giant from the Unknown

Infobox Film
name = Giant from the Unknown


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director = Richard E. Cunha
producer = Marc Frederic
Arthur A. Jacobs
writer = Ralph Brooke
Frank Hart Taussig
starring = Ed Kemmer
Sally Fraser
Buddy Baer
music = Albert Glasser
cinematography = Richard E. Cunha
editing =
distributor = Astor Pictures Corporation
released = March 1958
runtime = 77 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0051654

Giant from the Unknown is a low budget film released by Astor Pictures Corporation in 1958. The film starred Ed Kemmer, Sally Fraser, and Buddy Baer. Baer, who played Vargas, the Giant in this film, also played a giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1952), starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello.

Plot

A giant, named Vargas (Baer), who was part of an expedition of Spanish Conquistadors, who vanished in the mountains of California in the 1500s is revived by a lightning bolt from a state of suspended animation. He kills a police officer by breaking every bone in his body, then proceeds to terrorize the town.

Cast

*Ed Kemmer (Wayne Brooks)
*Sally Fraser (Janet Cleveland)
*Buddy Baer (Vargas the Giant)
*Bob Steele (Sheriff Parker)
*Morris Ankrum (Dr. Frederick Cleveland)
*Oliver Blake (Cafe Proprietor)
*Jolene Brand (Anne Brown)
*Billy Dix (Indian Joe)
*Gary Crutcher (Charlie Brown)
*Ned Davenport (Townsman)
*Ewing Miles Brown (Townsman)

External links

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