| The Reptile | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Reptile |
| Director: | John Gilling |
| Writers: | John Elder |
| Producers: | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Composer: | Don Banks |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Grant |
| Editors: | Roy Hyde |
| Production | |
| Distributed by: | Hammer Film Productions Seven Arts Productions |
| Released: | March 6th, 1966 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 91 min. |
| Country: | UK |
| Language: | English |
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The Reptile is a British feature film of the horror genre. It was directed by John Gilling with a screenplay written by John Elder. It was produced by Hammer Film Productions and Seven Arts Productions and released in the United Kingdom on March 6th, 1966. It was released in the United States on April 6th, 1966.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Noel William | Doctor Franklyn |
| Jennifer Daniel | Valerie Spalding |
| Ray Barrett | Harry George Spalding |
| Jacqueline Pearce | Anna Franklyn |
| Michael Ripper | Tom Bailey |
| John Laurie | Mad Peter |
| Marne Maitland | The Malay |
| David Baron | Charles Edward Spalding |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | The Vicar |
| Harold Goldblatt | The solicitor |
| George Woodbridge | Old Garnsey |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Reptile and The Reptile (1966) both redirect to this page.
- In the United States, distribution was handled by Twentieth Century Fox.
- Screenwriter Anthony Hinds is credited as John Elder in this film.
- The Reptile was filmed at Bray Studios in Berkshire, England. Most of Hammer's horror films of the 1950s-70s were filmed there.
- Was filmed back to back with John Gilling's Plague of the Zombies and reuses many of the same set pieces.
- The Reptile was released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment on November 2nd, 1999. It was also packaged with The Lost Continent as a double-feature as part of "The Hammer Collection" by Anchor Bay and Starz Entertainment on July 27th, 2004.
- This movie premiered in the United States on the same day that the "All That Glitters" episode of Lost in Space aired on CBS.