Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Ken Clark
Steve Benton
Yvette Vickers
Liz Walker
Jan Shepard
Nan Greyson
Michael Emmet
Cal Moulton
Tyler McVey
Doc Greyson
Bruno VeSota
Dave Walker
Gene Roth
Sheriff Kovis
Dan White
Porky Reed
George Cisar
Lem Sawyer
Joseph Hamilton
Sam Peters (uncredited)
Walter Kelly
Mike, the scuba expert (uncredited)
Guy Buccola
Giant Leech (uncredited)
James Miller
Jermey (uncredited)
Killian Miller
Victim (uncredited)
Ross Sturlin
Giant Leech (uncredited)
Bernard L. Kowalski
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 1, 1959
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 2m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsNew Orleans, United States
Genres
Wiki.
Attack of the Giant Leeches (originally to be called The Giant Leeches) is an independently made, 1959 black-and-white science fiction-horror film, produced by Gene Corman and directed by Bernard L. Kowalski. It stars Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Bruno VeSota and Jan Shepard. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. The film was released by American International Pictures on a double bill with A Bucket of Blood. Later, in some areas in 1960, Leeches played on a double bill with the Roger Corman film House of Usher.
Attack of the Giant Leeches was one of a spate of "creature features" produced during the 1950s in response to Cold War fears; a character in the film speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by atomic radiation from nearby Cape Canaveral.