The Werewolf (1956 film)

The Werewolf
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred F. Sears
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Robert E. Kent
Starring	Steven Ritch
Narrated by	Fred F. Sears
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography	Edward Linden
Edited by	Harold White
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 1956
Running time	79 minutes
Language	English

The Werewolf is a low-budget American 1956 science fiction horror film, produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Fred F. Sears from a script by Robert E. Kent. Like The Vampire (1957), it offers a science fiction view of a traditionally supernatural creature, although the films were by different production companies. The film's music was credited to Mischa Bakaleinikoff.The Werewolf was released theatrically on a double bill with Earth vs the Flying Saucers.

Duncan Marsh (Steven Ritch), a mild-mannered man, finds himself lost in a remote village called Mountaincrest. His mind is clouded, but he learns later that Emory Forrest (S. John Launer) and Morgan Chambers (George Lynn), two scientists, injected him with a special serum containing irradiated wolf's blood when he was suffering from amnesia after being in a car accident. The wolf's blood, for unknown reasons, changed the previously gentlemanly Duncan into a vicious, bloodthirsty werewolf.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in October 2007 as part of the two-disc, four-film set Icons of Horror Collection: Sam Katzman, along with three other films produced by Katzman (Creature with the Atom Brain, The Giant Claw and Zombies of Mora Tau).