Tonight at 6PM: Village of the Giants 1965

Tonight’s offering is Village of the Giants from 1965. The only copy we could find is a presentation by the great Svengoolie, so it’s an accidental double dose of weird-ass goodness.
Summary:
Delinquent teen-agers ingest a substance and grow thirty feet tall, then proceed to take over a small town.
Directed by:
Bert I. Gordon
Writing Credits:
H.G. Wells … (novel) – Very loosely based on The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
Alan Caillou … (screenplay)
Bert I. Gordon … (screen story)
Cast:
Tommy Kirk … Mike
Johnny Crawford … Horsey
Ron Howard … Genius (as Ronny Howard)
Joe Turkel … Sheriff (as Joseph Turkel)
Beau Bridges … Fred
Joy Harmon … Merrie
