The Beast of Yucca Flats is a 1961 B-movie horror film produced by Anthony Cardoza, Coleman Francis, Roland Morin, Jim Oliphant, Larry Aten and Bing Stafford, and directed and written by Francis.
The film stars Swedish former wrestler Tor Johnson. The plot concerns a Soviet scientist (Johnson), who defects and flees to a Nevada Test Site called Yucca Flats, only to be turned into a monster by radiation, stalking the desert. The film has very little dialogue and most of the speech is done by omniscient narration
Some critics have characterized the film as one of the worst science fiction horror films made, and one of the all-time worst films of any kind, even suggesting that it may be worse than Ed Wood's legendarily bad Plan 9 from Outer Space.[1] In 1995, the television comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000 featured The Beast of Yucca Flats, helping the film develop a cult status.
Tor Johnson as Joseph Javorsky/The Beast Bing Stafford as Jim Archer Larry Aten as Joe Dobson Douglas Mellor as Hank Radcliffe Barbara Francis as Lois Radcliffe Ronald Francis as Randy Radcliffe Alan Francis as Art Radcliffe Jim Oliphant as Vacationing Husband Linda Bielema as Vacationing Wife Anthony Cardoza as KGB Driver/Helpful Neighbor Bob Labansat as Javorsky's Bodyguard John Morrison as KGB Passenger Jim Miles as Javorsky's Driver Eric Tomlin as Motorist Run Off Road George Prince as Man Who Reports Murder Conrad Brooks as Man at Airfield Graham Stafford as News Boy Lanell Cado as Strangled Woman Coleman Francis as Gas Station Attendant/Newspaper Patron Marcia Knight as Jim's Woman Joseph Luis Rubin as Police Officer
