I Was a Teenage Werewolf

I Was a Teenage Werewolf
Theatrical release poster
by Reynold Brown
Directed byGene Fowler Jr.
Written byHerman Cohen
Aben Kandel
Produced byHerman Cohen
StarringMichael Landon
Whit Bissell
Yvonne Lime
CinematographyJoseph LaShelle
Edited byGeorge A. Gittens
(editorial supervisor)
Music byPaul Dunlap
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • June 19, 1957 (1957-06-19)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$82,000[1]–$123,000[2]
Box office$2 million[1]

I Was a Teenage Werewolf is a 1957 American science fiction horror film directed by Gene Fowler Jr., and starring Michael Landon as a troubled teenager, Yvonne Lime and Whit Bissell. Co-written and produced by cult film producer Herman Cohen, it was one of the most successful films released by American International Pictures (AIP).[3]

The film was originally released as a double feature with Invasion of the Saucer Men.[4] The release included the tagline, "We DARE You To See The Most Amazing Motion Pictures Of Our Time!"

  1. ^ a b Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p89
  2. ^ Aljean Harmetz (Aug 4, 1974). "The dime-store way to make movies-and money". New York Times. p. 202.
  3. ^ Arkoff, pp. 61–75
  4. ^ Heffernan, Kevin Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 1953–1968 Duke University Press 04/03/2004, p.94