This is a routine mad scientist B-movie , watchable but indifferently acted and very predictable.
Donald Blake ( Arthur Franz ) a science lecturer. takes delivery of a coelacanth which has been preserved by radiation. Careless handling of it infects him so that he temporarily becomes a murderous ape-like ancestor. The police are baffled etc.
Joanna Moore ( as Madeline Howard )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Joanna was originally Dorothy Cook from Georgia. This was near the beginning of her film career but she was more active on television from the late fifties to the mid-seventies. She was married to Ryan O Neal from 1963 to 1967 and is the mother of Tatum O Neal. After their divorce she had drugs and alcohol problems which wrecked her career and cost her custody of their kids. She died of lung cancer in 1997 aged 63.
Nancy Walters ( as Sylvia Lockwood )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
This was the fashion model's first film appearance. She was a lightweight actress best remembered for her role in Blue Hawaii. She quit acting in the late sixties to work as a Christian minister. She died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 aged 76.
Helen Westcott ( as Molly Riordan )
Sex : No
Death : Strangled by the monster
Helen was originally Myrthas Hickman from L.A. She was a former child actress who'd gone on to star opposite Gregory Peck in The Gunfighter ( 1950 ). The best days of her film career were behind her but she was active in TV until the late seventies. She died of cancer in 1998 aged 70.
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