Yeti: Il gigante del 20. secolo (1977)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 99 mins     105 mins     110 mins     118 mins
Format: Technicolor
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Stefano / Futuranik
Producers: Nicolo Pomilia, Wolfranco Coccia, Gianfranco Parolini, Mario di Nardo
Unit Manager: Piero Amati

SCRIPT
Script: Mario Di Nardo, Gianfranco Parolini, Marcello Coscia
Story: Mario Di Nardo, Gianfranco Parolini

DIRECTION
Director: Frank Kramer (real name: Gianfranco Parolini)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sandro Mancori
Camera Operator: Mario Sbrenna

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Manlio Camastro

MUSIC
Music: Sante Maria Romitelli

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costumes: Claudio De Santis

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ermanno Biamonte

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Claudio De Santis

CAST
Phoenix Grant (real name: Antonella Interlenghi) (Jane)
Mimmo Crau (yeti)
Jim Sullivan (Herbie)
Tony Kendall (real name: Luciano Stella) (Cliff Chandler)
Cliff Robert
John Stacy (Professor Wassermann)
Eddie Faye (Hunnicutt)
Steve Elliot
Loris Bazoky (real name: Loris Bazzocchi)
Donald O'Brien
Aldo Canti
Francesco D'Adda
Giuseppe Mattei
Claudio Zucchet
Stefano Cedrati
Agostino Scuderi
Indio (dog)

A giant yeti found frozen in a block of ice is thawed out and revived in the USA. He goes on the rampage throughout the States, pursued by a team of scientists and some crooked businessmen with an eye to exploiting the beast for their own ends.

A thoroughly mad Italian rip-off of the execrable King Kong (1976) that's a lot more fun than Dino De Laurentiis' overblown fiasco. Ludicrous effects, a daft sub-plot about a little boy and his dog and a title monster that seems to change size in every shot all conspire to make this a bizarrely enjoyable monster romp. Great art it certainly isn't, but it's a hell of a lot of fun.

Greece
Video Distributor: Video Acropolis

UK
Video Distributor: Techno Film

USA
Video Distributor: Video Search of Miami

Norway
Rating: 11

Yeti, The Giant of the 20th Century
Yeti - L'Abominevole Uomo delle Nevi - alternative title
Yeti - US title
Big Foot - US advertising title
Yeti, De Verschrikkelijke Sneeuwman - Dutch title
Yeti le Geant d'un Autre Monde - French title

SEE ALSO
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)
Adventures in Dinosaur City (1992)
Alaska's Bigfoot (NO DATE)
The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek (1985)
The Beachcombers: The Sasquatch Walks By Night (NO DATE)
The Beast and the Vixens (1973)
Big Foot (1969)
Bigfoot (1987)
Bigfoot and Wildboy (1977)
Bigfoot - Man or Beast? (1975)
The Bionic Woman: The Return of Bigfoot Part II (1976)
Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
The Creature (1955)
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
Dangermouse: Bigfoot Falls (1991)
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowman (1967)
Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)
Doctor Who: The War Games (1969)
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)
Downtime (1995)
The Geek (1981)
The Goodies: In Search of Bigfoot (1982)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Harry and the Hendersons (1990 - 1993)
In Search of Bigfoot (1976)
The Incredible Hulk: Man to Man, Beast to Beast (1996)
Jujin yukiotoka (1955)
The Legend of Boggy Creek (1972)
Little Bigfoot (1997)
Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1997)
Maledicion de la bestia (1975)
Man Beast (1955)
Mia moglie e una bestia (1988)
Night of the Demon (1981)
Panic in the Wilderness (1975)
Rugrats: The Legend of Satchmo (NO DATE)
Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot (1977)
Screams of a Winter Night (1977)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Part 1 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Secret of Bigfoot Part 2 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Return of Bigfoot Part 1 (1976)
The Six Million Dollar Man: Bigfoot V (1977)
The Snow Creature (1954)
To Catch a Yeti (1995)

MAGAZINES

Delirium no.2 (UK)
credits, review

Halls of Horror no.27 p.29 (UK)
note

Is It Uncut? no.6 p.43 (UK)
review, video data, censorship data

Rhesus O no.4 p.40 (France)
credits, review

Variety 18 January 1978 (USA)
credits, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.403
credits, review

Creature Features Strikes Again pp.449-450
credits, review

Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.441
credits

the yeti, prehistoric creatures, children

Last Updated: 18 October, 2008