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
William Flaherty
Police Chief Dan Corey
Trevor Bardette
Prof. Arthur Flanders
Harry Jackson
Dr. Steve Hendricks
John Sherwood
Director
Norman Jolley
Writer
Richard H. Cutting
Dr. E.J. Reynolds
Robert M. Fresco
Writer
Linda Scheley
Ginny Simpson
Jack Arnold
Writer
Dean Cromer
Highway Patrolman
Steve Darrell
Joe Higgins
Howard Christie
Producer
Paul Petersen
Bobby
Ellis W. Carter
Cinematographer
William Schallert
Weatherman
Phil Harvey
Ben Gilbert
Troy Donahue
Hank Jackson
Carol Morris
Nurse 1
Claudia Bryar
Mrs. Simpson
Ezelle Poule
Ethel
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Clifford Stine
Visual Effects
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
Bob Herron
Stunts
Irving Gertz
Original Music Composer
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.