Bigfoot
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert F. Slatzer
Chris Mitchum
John Carradine
Joi Lansing
Lindsay Crosby
Judy Jordan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When her plane develops engine trouble, Joi Landis parachutes into a rugged, inaccessible area of the American Northwest and is captured by a giant ape-like creature. Meanwhile, several weekend trail-bike riders stop for supplies at a general store owned by Mr. Bennett. After Rick and Chris separate from their friends Wheels and Peggy, they are attacked by a beast similar to the one encountered by Joi, and Chris is carried off. At the store, the sheriff is skeptical about Rick's story, but itinerant peddlers Jasper B. Hawks and Elmer Briggs, realizing the potential fortune to be made with a sideshow attraction featuring the beast, agree to help Rick search the dense forest. Captured by the beasts, the men learn from Joi of the legendary Bigfoot, a dying, sub-human race who have captured the women for mating purposes. Wheels arrives with other motorcyclists and Hardrock, a vengeful trapper. The creatures are dispersed, and all the captives except Joi are rescued. Saved by her Bigfoot captor from a mountain lion and a bear, Joi is taken to the beast's lair. She escapes when Hardrock wounds the Bigfoot; and the beast is sealed in a cave when one of the bikers dynamites the entrance. Having failed to secure a living specimen, Hawks hopes to persuade the women to relate their experiences as a traveling sideshow attraction.
Director
Robert F. Slatzer
Cast
Chris Mitchum
John Carradine
Joi Lansing
Lindsay Crosby
Judy Jordan
James Craig
John Mitchum
Joy Wilkerson
James Stellar
Ken Maynard
Doodles Weaver
Dorothy Keller
Noble "kid" Chissell
Nick Raymond
Sonny West
Walt Zachrich
Ray Cantrell
Suzy Marlin Crosby
Lois Red Elk
Jenifer Bishop
Holly Kamen
Walt Swanner
Billy Record
Carolyn Gilbert
Sonny Incontro
Kathy Andrews
Haji Lammé
Kim Oliphant
Eric Tomlin
Denise Gilbert
Kim Cardoza
Charles Harter
William Bonner
Diane Hardin
Tony Cardoza
Louis Lane
Kenny Marlowe
Jerry Maren
Nick Raymond
Gloria Hill
Nancy Hunter
A'leshia Lee
Ian Flynn
Carolyn Mcnichol
Marina Ghané
Crew
Derwin Abbe
Lowell Brown
Anthony Cardoza
Ken Carlson
Murray Cohen
Bill Cooper
Rick De Costa
John Debiasio
Bob Dietz
Richard Eisman
John Elliott
Arthur Gilbert
Hugo Grimaldi
Bud Hoffman
Wilson S. Hong
Norman Houle
Don Jones
Ronald Kurtz
Louis Lane
Anthony M. Lanza
Ray Mercer
Christopher Mitchum
Mercy Montello
Fred Packard
Earl Phillips
Rick Phillips
Richard A. Podolar
Ted Prado
Bill Reardon
Frank Ruttencutter
Henning Schellerup
Jeanne Segal
Israel Shaked
Edward Sherman
Robert F. Slatzer
Robert F. Slatzer
Herman Tomlin
Universal Entertainment Corp.
James Gordon White
Harry Woolman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
They're practically sub-human, except that they still live like animals!- Joi Landis
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes for the picture were shot in the Tehachapi Mountains, CA. Bigfoot marked the last film of both actress Joi Lansing (1929-1972) and Western actor Ken Maynard (1895-1973), who had not appeared in a film since the 1944 picture Harmony Trail (see below).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1973
Released in United States 1973
