Dinosaurus!

Watch: Dinosaurus!

Unrated

7/20/19601h 25m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ Alive with thrills that started a million years ago! ~

Overview:

After undersea explosions near a Caribbean island, prehistoric creatures are unleashed on the unsuspecting population.

Director:

Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

island
brontosaurus
tyrannosaurus rex
dinosaur
caribbean sea
caveman

Cast

Ward Ramsey

~ as ~

Bart Thompson

Paul Lukather

~ as ~

Chuck

Kristina Hanson

~ as ~

Betty Piper

Alan Roberts

~ as ~

Julio

Fred Engelberg

~ as ~

Mike Hacker

Wayne C. Treadway

~ as ~

Dumpy

Luci Blaine

~ as ~

Chica

Howard Dayton

~ as ~

Mousey

Jack Younger

~ as ~

Jasper

James Logan

~ as ~

T.J. O'Leary

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Reviews (1)

Wuchak
Written 5 year(s) ago
7
The “Jurassic Park” of its day

While using explosives to build a harbor on a Caribbean island, a construction crew unearths a frozen tyrannosaurus, a brontosaurus and a caveman. They’re eventually regenerated during a storm and naturally terrorize the islanders. Ward Ramsey plays the construction boss and Kristina Hanson his girlfriend. Fred Engelberg is on hand as the abusive island authority.

"Dinosaurus!" (1960) is a ‘B’ creature feature with a 50’s residue (being shot in 1959), but it was the “Jurassic Park” of its day, featuring stop-motion & miniature F/X mixed with puppets for close-ups. The story is simple, but it’s compelling entertainment; including a couple of laugh-out-loud moments with the Neanderthal (Gregg Martell). Kristina Hanson is fetching, especially in her one-piece bathing suit in the opening, but more shoulda been done with her than prancing around in a long dress (I’m thinking in terms of Beth Rogan in “Mysterious Island,” which was released the next year).

A shot of the Tyrannosaurus was used six years later for the episode of Gilligan’s Island where Gilligan dreamed that the castaways were living in prehistoric times.

The film runs 1 hour, 23 minutes and was shot at St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

GRADE: B