The Monolith Monsters (1957)
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Grant Williams
Dave Miller
Lola Albright
Cathy Barrett
Les Tremayne
Martin Cochrane
Trevor Bardette
Prof. Arthur Flanders
William Flaherty
Police Chief Dan Corey
Harry Jackson
Dr. Steve Hendricks
Richard H. Cutting
Dr. E.J. Reynolds
Linda Scheley
Ginny Simpson
Dean Cromer
Highway Patrolman
Steve Darrell
Joe Higgins
Paul Petersen
Bobby
William Schallert
Weatherman
Phil Harvey
Ben Gilbert
Troy Donahue
Hank Jackson
Carol Morris
Nurse 1
Claudia Bryar
Mrs. Simpson
Ezelle Poule
Ethel
John Sherwood
Director
Ellis W. Carter
Director of Photography
Norman Jolley
Screenplay
Robert M. Fresco
Screenplay / Story
Jack Arnold
Story
Howard Christie
Producer
Patrick McCormack
Editor
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
Irving Gertz
Original Music Composer
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Robert Emmet Smith
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 1, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Monolith Monsters is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from Universal-International, produced by Howard Christie, directed by John Sherwood, and starring Grant Williams and Lola Albright. The film is based on a story by Jack Arnold and Robert M. Fresco, with a screenplay by Fresco and Norman Jolley.The Monolith Monsters tells the story of a large meteorite that crashes in a Southern California desert and explodes into hundreds of black fragments which have strange properties. When those fragments are exposed to water, they grow extremely large and tall. The fragments also begin to cause some of the inhabitants of a nearby small town to petrify. The unfolding story becomes one of human survival against an encroaching unnatural disaster that, if not stopped, could become an ecological nightmare, and pose a threat to all of humanity.