The Giant Gila Monster

The Giant Gila Monster is a 1959 film about a giant lizard, which terrorizes a rural Texas community with a heroic teenager attempting to destroy the creature.
 * ''Directed by Ray Kellogg. Written by Jay Simms.

Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast. Only God could destroy it!

Dialogue

 * Mr. Wheeler: I guess with Compton gone, that puts Chase out of a job.
 * Sheriff Jeff: That's right.
 * Mr. Wheeler: Make it a point to send him around to see me in the morning.
 * Sheriff Jeff: I'll *bring* him around in the morning!


 * Mr. Wheeler: Let me ask you something else. Have you heard the reports about a "giant lizard"?
 * Sheriff Jeff: (Nods yes)
 * Mr. Wheeler: Do you believe 'em?
 * Sheriff Jeff: (Nods no) I don't know Mr. Wheeler. It doesn't seem possible
 * Mr. Wheeler: Well, why not? There've been giants before!
 * Sheriff Jeff: That's true. But how could anything that big go unnoticed in this area?


 * Chase Winstead: Where's Pat and Liz?
 * Bob: Maybe their car broke down?
 * Chase Winstead: Hey! I worked on that car myself!
 * Bob: That wouldn't make any difference if he goofed the speed shift or something!
 * Chase Winstead: And that squirrel is just the one that could do it!


 * Sheriff Jeff: *What* did you hit him with?
 * Chase Winstead: My brand new, 100% completed hot rod.
 * Sheriff Jeff: You'd have had to start in the next county to get up enough momentum to do that to him.
 * Chase Winstead: Not with 4 quarts of nitro glycerin riding with me.
 * Mr. Wheeler: You drove across that rough field carrying nitro?
 * Chase Winstead: Yes sir!
 * Sheriff Jeff: Do you realize what could have happened?
 * Chase Winstead: It did. I lost my car!
 * Sheriff Jeff: Don't worry about that, the railroad will be *glad* to buy you a new one.

Cast

 * Don Sullivan as Chase Winstead
 * Fred Graham — Sheriff Jeff
 * Lisa Simone as Lisa
 * Shug Fisher — Old Man Harris
 * Bob Thompson — Mr. Wheeler