Attack of the Puppet People (1958)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1958
Running Times: 79 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: AIP
Executive Producers: Samuel Z. Arkoff, James H. Nicholson
Producer: Bert I. Gordon
Production Manager: Jack R. Berne
Production Coordinator: Jack Diamond

SCRIPT
Script: George Worthing Yates
Story: Bert I. Gordon

DIRECTION
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Assistant Director: Jack R. Berne

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo
Key Grip: Buzz Gibson

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Ronald Sinclair
Assistant Editor: Paul Wittenberg

MUSIC
Music: Albert Glasser

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Frank Webster
Sound Effects Editor: Edgar Zane

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Phillip Scheer
Hair: Kay Shea
Men's Costumer: Chuck Arrico
Ladies' Costumer: Pauline Lewis

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Bert I. Gordon
Special Designs: Jackie Blaisdell, Paul Blaisdell, Charles Duncan
Technical Effects Assistant: Flora M. Gordon

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Set Decorator: Jack Mills
Set Designer: Walter E. Keller
Property Master: Walter Veady

OTHER CREW
Script Supervisor: Judith Hart
Assistant to Producer: Henry Schrage

CAST
John Agar (Bob Westley)
John Hoyt (Mr Franz)
June Kenney (Sally Reynolds)
Michael Mark (Emil)
Jack Kosslyn (Sergeant Paterson)
Marlene Willis (Laurie)
Ken Miller (Stan)
Laurie Mitchell (Georgia Lane)
Scott Peters (Mac)
Susan Gordon (Agnes)
June Jocelyn (Brownie leader)
Jean Moorhead (Janet)
Hank Patterson (janitor)
Hal Bogart (special delivery man)
Troy Patterson (elevator operator)
Bill Giorgio (delivery man)
George Diestel (police receptionist)
Jamie Forster (Ernie Larson)
Harold Franklin (real name: Mark Lowell) (salesman)

Doll-maker Mr Franz has perfected a machine that can shrink humans down to the size of dolls. He forces his miniaturised victims to entertain him, but faces problems when his shrunken secretary Sally and her fiance Bob try to escape, hoping to find a way to reverse the process.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: AIP
Video Distributors: MGM; Sinister Cinema
DVD Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment (Midnite Movies 1001541)

2001
February
20: USA - DVD release (MGM Home Entertainment (Midnite Movies 1001541))

Terror Comes In Small Packages!

Doll dwarfs versus the crushing giant beats!

The Fantastic Puppet People
Six Inches Tall – UK title

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Creepy Classics (1987)
Horrible Horror (1986)
It Came from Hollywood (1982)

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

KEYWORDS

dolls, miniaturized humans

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008