Movie |
Monster | Texas
Disclaimer: All content and media belong to original content streaming platforms/owners like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, JioCinema, SonyLIV etc. 91mobiles entertainment does not claim any rights to the content and only aggregate the content along with the service providers links.
The voice heard on the other end of the phone, when Chase eavesdrops on a phone call to the police department, is that of Ken Curtis, who served as producer on this film. He is more famous for having played scruffy deputy Festus Hagen on Gunsmoke (1955).
The "Gila Monster" is actually a Mexican Beaded Lizard.
Ken Knox, who plays disc jockey Horatio Alger "Steamroller" Smith, was a real disc jockey working at radio stations in Texas owned by Gordon McLendon, the uncredited executive producer of this film.
The car Chase drives was owned by a local farmer and drag racer named John Mulkey, who won the B Street Roadster class with it at the 1958 NHRA Nationals. It ran a small-block Chevy massaged to 302 cubic inches, and ran 105.5 mph in the quarter-mile. The car has gone through several owners and major changes over the years, but exists today.
This was one of two features produced by an independent company in Texas and meant for release as a double feature. The other feature was The Killer Shrews (1959). Unlike many such features produced in the South, these films received national distribution.
"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."
"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!"
