The Giant Gila Monster

Have you heard the reports of a "giant lizard"?

The Giant Gila Monster is a 1959 film about a giant lizard, which terrorizes a rural Texas community with a heroic teenager attempting to destroy the creature.

Directed by Ray Kellogg. Written by Jay Simms.

Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast. Only God could destroy it! 

Dialogue

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!

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Mr. Wheeler: Let me ask you something else. Have you heard the reports about a "giant lizard"?

Sheriff Jeff: (Nods yes)

Mr. Wheeler: Do you believe 'em?

Sheriff Jeff: (Nods no) I don't know Mr. Wheeler. It doesn't seem possible

Mr. Wheeler: Well, why not? There've been giants before!

Sheriff Jeff: That's true. But how could anything that big go unnoticed in this area?

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Chase Winstead: Where's Pat and Liz?

Bob: Maybe their car broke down?

Chase Winstead: Hey! I worked on that car myself!

Bob: That wouldn't make any difference if he goofed the speed shift or something!

Chase Winstead: And that squirrel is just the one that could do it!

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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.

Cast

• Don Sullivan as Chase Winstead
• Fred Graham — Sheriff Jeff
• Lisa Simone as Lisa
• Shug Fisher — Old Man Harris
• Bob Thompson — Mr. Wheeler

External links

• The Giant Gila Monster quotes at the Internet Movie Database