The Giant Gila Monster

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.

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

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