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| Title: | Ssssss |
| Directed by: | Bernard L. Kowalski |
| Written by: | Hal Dresner; Dan Striepeke |
| Produced by: | David Brown; Richard D. Zanuck; Dan Striepeke; Robert Butner |
| Music by: | Pat Williams |
| Cinematography: | Gerald Perry Finnerman |
| Edited by: | Robert Watts |
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| Distributors: | Universal Pictures Zanuck Company |
| Released: | July, 1973 |
| Rating: | PG |
| Running time: | 99 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $1,300,000 |
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Sssssss is an American feature film of the predatory animal and science fiction genres. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski with a script written by Hal Dresner and Dan Striepeke. It was produced by Universal Pictures and released theatrically in July, 1973. Science runs amok in Sssssss as Strother Martin plays scientist Doctor Carl Stoner, whose experiments on young David Blake, played by Dirk Benedict, turn him into a snake man! The movie also stars Heather Menzies as Doctor Stoner's daughter, Kristina Stoner, Richard B. Shull as Doctor Ken Daniels, Tim O'Connor as Kogen, Jack Ging as Sheriff Dale Hardison, and Kathleen King as Kitty Stewart.
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Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Strother Martin | Doctor Carl Stoner |
| Dirk Benedict | David Blake |
| Heather Menzies | Kristina Stoner |
| Richard B. Shull | Doctor Ken Daniels |
| Tim O'Connor | Kogen |
| Jack Ging | Sheriff Dale Hardison |
| Kathleen King | Kitty Stewart |
| Reb Brown | Steve Randall |
| Ted Grossman | Deputy Morgan Bock |
| Charles Seel | Old man |
| Ray Ballard | Waggish tourist |
| Brendan Burns | Jock #1 |
| Rick Beckner | Jock #2 |
| James Drum | Hawker #1 |
| Ed McCready | Hawker #2 |
| Frank Kowalski | Hawker #3 |
| Ralph Montgomery | Hawker #4 |
| Michael Masters | Hawker #5 |
| Charlie Fox | Arvin LeDoux |
| Felix Silla | Sam Lee |
| Noble Craig | Tim McGraw |
| Bobbi Kiger | Kootch dancer |
| J.R. Clark | Station attendant |
| Chip Potter | Postal clerk |
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Ssssss and Sssssss (1973) both redirect to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "Once this motion picture sinks its fangs into you, you'll never be the same".
- This film is alternatively known as Hissssss.
- All of the reptiles seen in this film are real. King cobras were imported from Bangkok and the python was brought in from Singapore. This is addressed on a title card at the beginning of the film.
- This is the first horror film work for actress Heather Menzies.
- This movie marks the acting debut of Reb Brown.
- Actors Dirk Benedict and Tim O'Connor are both known for their work in the science fiction genre. Benedict will go on to play Lieutenant Starbuck in the 1978 TV series Battlestar Galactica, while Tim O'Connor will go on to play Doctor Elias Huer on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Both Benedict and O'Connor will work together on the "Semi-Friendly Persuasion" episode of The A-Team.
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