However, it is only when the hungry reptile attacks a train that the authorities realize they are dealing with a giant venomous lizard. Chase Winstead (Sullivan), a young mechanic and hot rod racer, locates the crashed car in the ravine and finds evidence of the giant lizard. ![]() Later, several friends of the couple assist the local sheriff ( Fred Graham) in his search for the missing teens. A giant Gila monster attacks the car, sending it into the ravine and killing the couple. ![]() The movie opens with a young couple, Pat (Grady Vaughn) and Liz (Yolanda Salas), parked in a bleak, rural locale overlooking a ravine. The effects included a live Mexican beaded lizard (not an actual Gila monster) filmed on a scaled-down model landscape. ![]() This low-budget B-movie starred Don Sullivan, a veteran of several low budget monster and zombie films, and Lisa Simone, the French contestant for the 1957 Miss Universe, as well as comedic actor Shug Fisher and KLIF disc jockey Ken Knox. The Giant Gila Monster is an American 1959 science fiction horror film directed by Ray Kellogg and produced by Ken Curtis.
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