The Crawling Hand (1963)
Astronaut Ordered Blown Up!!!
89 min
After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, with the astronaut begging to be killed, a teenager couple finds a severed arm on a remote beach. The boy takes the arm home, where it becomes animate and the alien force which animates it soon possesses his mind as well.
- Release date
- September 4, 1963
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $100,000
Trailer
Cast
- Peter Breck as Steve Curan
- Kent Taylor as Dr. Max Weitzberg
- Rod Lauren as Paul Lawrence
- Alan Hale Jr. as Sheriff Townsend
- Allison Hayes as Donna
- Sirry Steffen as Marta Farnstrom
- Arline Judge as Mrs. Hotchkiss
- Richard Arlen as Lee Barrenger
- Tristram Coffin as Security Chief Meidel
- Ross Elliott as Deputy Earl Harrison
Crew
- Herbert L. Strock · Director
- Bill Idelson · Writer
- Herbert L. Strock · Writer
- Joe Cranston · Writer
- Robert Malcolm Young · Writer
- Joseph F. Robertson · Producer
- Willard Van der Veer · Cinematographer
- Herbert L. Strock · Editor
- Steven R. Stevens · Casting director