| The Beast of Yucca Flats | |
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| Directed by | Coleman Francis |
| Written by | Coleman Francis |
| Produced by | Anthony Cardoza Coleman Francis Roland Morin Jim Oliphant Larry Aten Bing Stafford |
| Starring | Tor Johnson Douglas Mellor Barbara Francis Bing Stafford Conrad Brooks |
| Cinematography | John Cagle Lee Strosnider |
| Edited by | Coleman Francis Austin McKinney Lee Strosnider Anthony Cardoza |
| Music by | Gene Kauer Irwin Nafshun Al Remington |
| Distributed by | Cinema Associates |
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Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $34,000 (est.) |
The Beast of Yucca Flats (released to television as Atomic Monster: The Beast of Yucca Flats) is a 1961 B-movie horror film written and directed by Coleman Francis.[1] It was produced by Anthony Cardoza, Roland Morin and Jim Oliphant.[2][3]
The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson (in his last film role) as "the Beast".[4] It stars Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis and Jim Oliphant in bit parts, as well as Conrad Brooks in a very small role. Director Francis cast his two sons (Ronald and Alan Francis) in the film as the two lost boys.
The plot concerns a Soviet scientist named Joseph Jaworsky (Tor Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a mindless monster by atomic radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is done by omniscient narration.