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Edward Nassour and William NassourThe Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956)

An American cowboy living in Mexico discovers his cattle is being eaten by a giant prehistoric dinosaur. The first feature film to combine stop-motion animation with widescreen and color.


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Producer: Edward Nassour and William Nassour
Production Company: Nassour Brothers-Peliculas Rodriguez Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Language: English
Keywords: beast; hollow; mountain; guy madison; Patricia Medina; Bestia; Monstruo; Valley; Mists; Edward Nassour

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: skywatcher1951 - - June 17, 2009
Subject: Monster Magic For A Little Kid
I fondly remember seeing the movie at the local movie theatre when I was 8 years old, and being totally thrilled! It leaves a lot to be desired by adults today, but this kid loved it in 1958!
Not a bad little story, but the beast doesn't make his appearance until 53 minutes into the movie. There were too many scenes of the wedding festivities, and these were boringly long. The beast model was pretty convincing, and the stop-motion animation is good, especially the scenes of the beast running full-tilt. They made his tongue much too long, and it's painfully evident when the beast gets angry.
Guy Madison was the rugged, handsome cowboy every kid wanted to be in 1958...me being one.
I'm giving "The Beast Of Hollow Mountain" 5 stars simply because it was so thrilling for me way back then.
It's great to be able to watch the movie again after 51 years!

Reviewer: obieone - - March 25, 2009
Subject: Widescreen?
This movie starts out (credits) in the 2:35:1 cinemascope ratio but as soon as the story begins is becomes 1:35:1 full screen pan and scan ratio. Disappointing.

Reviewer: jimelena - - July 23, 2007
Subject: Easily disuaded dino
First off, Panchito must be the equivilent of the Anglo Timmy cause that kid is always in trouble.
But don't worry, if the dino steps in a puddle he will not cross it. They don't explain why, but dino hates mud between his toes.
If it's not in mud, just yell, "Get away from here." They don't explain why that works either.
Pretty ineffective monster on the whole, but polite. You can't say it's not the most accomodating monster ever, cause it is.

Credits

Directed by
Edward Nassour
Ismael Rodríguez

Writing credits
Willis H. O'Brien (story "El Toro Estrella'") (as Willis OBrien)

Robert Hill

Jack DeWitt (additional dialogue)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete

Guy Madison ... Jimmy Ryan
Patricia Medina ... Sarita
Carlos Rivas ... Felipe Sanchez
Mario Navarro ... Panchito
Pascual García Peña ... Pancho
Eduardo Noriega ... Enrique Rios
Julio Villarreal ... Don Pedro
Lupe Carriles ... Margarita

rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Manuel Arvide ... Martínez
José Chávez ... Manuel
Roberto Contreras ... Carlos
Armando Gutiérrez ... Employee
Margarito Luna ... Jose
Jorge Treviño ... Shopkeeper
Guillermo Hernández ... Jorge (uncredited)

Produced by
Edward Nassour .... producer
William Nassour .... producer

Original Music by
Raúl Lavista

Cinematography by
Jorge Stahl Jr.

Film Editing by
Fernando Martínez
Holbrook N. Todd
Maury Wright

Art Direction by
Jack DeWitt

Production Management
Henry Spitz .... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gene Anderson Jr. .... assistant director

Sound Department
James L. Fields .... sound director
Nick Rosa .... dialogue recordist

Special Effects by
Louis DeWitt .... special effects
Jack Rabin .... special effects
Henry Sharp .... special effects
Edward Nassour .... stop-motion animation (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Catching .... stunt double (uncredited)

Other crew
Henry Sharp .... assistant to producer
Bobbie Sierks .... script supervisor
'Chema' Hernandez .... head wrangler (uncredited)