Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966)
AIP Production #6601/6608

Jeff and Cheryl are ringside as the amazing colossal Frankenstein fights his nemesis, Baragon, both above and below ground.

Directed by Ishirō Honda
Screenplay by Takeshi Kimura
Story by Reuben Bercovitch and Jerry SohlProduced by Tomoyuki Tanaka for Toho Enterprises, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises

Starring:
Nick Adams as Dr. James Bowen
Tadao Takashima as Dr. Ken'ichiro Kawaji
Kumi Mizuno as Dr. Sueko Togami
Yoshio Tsuchiya as Mr. Kawai
Jun Tazaki as Military Advisor
Yoshifumi Tajima as Murata
Takashi Shimura as Hiroshima surgeon
Susumu Fujita as Osaka Police Chief
Peter Mann as Dr. Riesendorf
Keiko Sawai as Tazuko Towoi
Koji Furuhata as Frankenstein
Haruo Nakajima as Baragon

Produced by Toho Enterprises, Henry G. Saperstein Enterprises and released under American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on the Criterion Channel.

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)