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Trog (1970)

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Average Rating: 3.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 4

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Release Date: Oct 17, 1970 Wide

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Movie Info

Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) believes she has discovered the missing link in this flat science fiction drama. The creature is found in a cave and brought to her laboratory to undergo tests for her research. The hairy beast with the face of a monkey loves classical music and hates rock & roll. When one of the slack-jawed yokels opens his cage, he escapes and goes on a killing rampage as he tries to return to his cave. In a gentle moment with a little girl, the beast shows a tender

PG, 1 hr. 31 min.

Horror, Classics, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Freddie Francis

In Theaters: Oct 17, 1970 Wide

On DVD: Jun 26, 2007

Cast

Joan Crawford
Dr. Brockton
Michael Gough
Sam Murdock
Bernard Kay
Inspector Greenham
Kim Braden
Ann Brockton
David Griffin
Malcolm
Joe Cornelius
Trog
John Hamill
Cliff
Thorley Walters
The Magistrate
Jack May
Dr. Selbourne
Geoffrey Case
Bill
Robert Hutton
Dr. Richard Warren
Simon Lack
Col. Vickers
David Warbeck
Alan Davis
Maurice Good
First Reporter
Golda Casimir
Butcher
Chloe Franks
Little Girl
Bartlett Mullins
Butcher
John Baker
Anaesthetist
Paul Hansard
Dr. Kurtlimer
Robert Crewdson
Dr. Pierre Duval
Brian Grellis
John Dennis
Cleo Sylvestre
Nurse

Critic Reviews for Trog

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I admit it: I have a soft spot in my heart (and my head) for the stupefying, inexplicable 'Trog.'

November 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

While not a classic by any stretch of the imagination, Trog is still a damned fine little monster movie and stands proudly as one of the best bad flicks you will ever see!

June 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Dread Central

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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton

Dread Central

Not one of Crawford's finer roles.

February 7, 2003 Comment

Gerry Shamray

Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

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What a way to go. In Joan Crawford's last film, she plays a scientist who discovers and befriends -- in the interest of science -- a prehistoric man, This thing is godawful. But when I saw it I was with a similarly smartass bunch of friends and we had a blast laughing at it. Joan, a star of your magnitude doesn't

July 6, 2009

Cindy I

Super Reviewer

This doesn't get three and a half stars because it's a good film. It gets three and a half stars because it's so bad that it's actually fun to watch. You have to give Joan Crawford credit, even with this material she gives it her all. What a trooper!

February 4, 2009