I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)

Jeff and Cheryl put together the pieces of a broken heart (along with some other parts) for I Was a Teenage Frankenstein.

Directed by Herbert L. Strock
Written by Aben Kandel and Herman Cohen (as Kenneth Langtry)
Produced by Herman Cohen - Santa Rosa Productions
Executive producers Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson

Starring:
Whit Bissell as Professor Frankenstein
Phyllis Coates as Margaret
Robert Burton as Dr. Karlton
Gary Conway as the teenage Frankenstein monster/Bob
George Lynn as Sergeant Burns
John Cliff as Sergeant McAfee
Marshall Bradford as Dr. Randolph
Joy Stoner as Arlene
Claudia Bryar as Arlene's mother
Angela Blake as beautiful girl
and Russ Whiteman as Dr. Elwood

Produced by Santa Rosa Productions for American International Pictures. Find this movie streaming on Plex and YouTube while it lasts.

Our side-by-side comparison of the differences between the US and British edits of I Was a Teenage Frankenstein can be viewed here.

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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)