The Beast of Yucca Flats

Commies made him an atomic mutant!

A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.

1961

Horror·Science Fiction

0h 54min

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Top Billed Cast

Tor Johnson
Joseph Javorsky
Douglas Mellor
Hank Radcliffe
Barbara Francis
Lois Radckiffe
Alan Francis
Mike, also called Art, Radcliffe
Ronald Francis
Randy Radcliffe
Coleman Francis
Narrator / Gas Station Attendant / Newspaper Customer
Anthony Cardoza
KGB Driver / Fat Man in Rescue Plane
John Morrison
KGB Agent with Mustache
Jim Miles
Javorsky's Aide
Linda Bielema
The Stranded Motorist's Wife
George Principe
The Passing Motorist
Marcia Knight
Jim's Woman (uncredited)
Graham Stafford
Newsboy
Eric Tomlin
Car Chase Witness
Bob Labansat
FBI Agent needing to reload
Conrad Brooks
Man at Airfield

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