The Alligator People

The Alligator People was a film released by Twentieth Century Fox in Cinemascope in 1959, directed by Roy Del Ruth with a screenplay by Orville H. Hampton.

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Twentieth Century Fox - Cinemascope - 1959 - Roy Del Ruth

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Its plot concerned a scientist who, as a result of a lab experiment involving alligator hormones gone awry, becomes an alligator-human hybrid. The film is set in the American South, one of many monster B-movies released in the era.

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Alligator - Hormones - Monster - B-movies

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The Lizard, a Marvel Comics character who first appeared several years later in 1963, has an origin which is nearly identical to the Alligator Man's in the film.

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The Lizard - Marvel Comics - 1963

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