Giant Gila Monster

1959 directed by Ray Kellogg and produced by Ken Curtis. Ultra low-budget teenage drive-in 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 effects included a live Mexican beaded lizard (not an actual Gila monster) filmed on a scaled-down model landscape. Also featured in the movie is one really dumb song.