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The Beast of Yucca Flats
“Commies made him an atomic mutant!”
2.3 / 10• 1961• 54m•NR• English
HorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.
Cast & Crew
Tor Johnson
Joseph Javorsky
LeadDM
Douglas Mellor
Hank Radcliffe
BF
Barbara Francis
Lois Radckiffe
BS
Bing Stafford
Patrolman Jim Archer
Larry Aten
Patrolman Joe Dobson
AF
Alan Francis
Mike, also called Art, Radcliffe
RF
Ronald Francis
Randy Radcliffe
Coleman Francis
Narrator / Gas Station Attendant / Newspaper Customer
What People Are Saying
2.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Coleman Francis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Beast of Yucca Flats is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
