Description

Attack of the Giant Leeches is a low-budget 1959 science fiction film from American International Pictures, directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and produced by Gene Corman. The screenplay was written by Leo Gordon. It was one of a spate of monster movies produced during the 1950s in response to Cold War fears; in the film, a character speculates that the leeches have been mutated to giant size by atomic radiation from nearby Cape Canaveral.

The film has also been released as Attack of the Blood Leeches, Demons of the Swamp, She Demons of the Swamp, and The Giant Leeches.

Cast

• Ken Clark (actor) as Steve Benton
• Yvette Vickers as Liz Walker
• Jan Shepard as Nan Greyson
• Michael Emmet as Cal Moulton
• Tyler McVey as Doc Greyson
• Bruno VeSota as Dave Walker
• Gene Roth as Sheriff Kovis
• Dan White (actor) as Porky Reed
• George Cisar (actor) as Lem Sawyer
• Guy Buccola as Giant Leech
• Joseph Hamilton as Old Sam Peters
• Walter Kelley as Mike
• Ross Sturlin as Giant Leech