Mr. B.I.G., aka Bert I. Gordon (Tormented), produced and directed this 1965 sci-fi spoof aimed at the teen market but hedging its bets with eyefuls of Brogdingnagian go-go gals for post-pubescent punters. The trouble starts when young Ron "Opie" Howard, freed from the clutches of Aunt Bea, invents a growth serum that transforms cats, ducks, spiders, and teenagers into towering behemoths. It's all based on a novel by that teen favorite H.G. Wells, who would likely have dropped dead had he not already expired twenty years prior to Gordon's depredation. With a who's who of young television and films stars including Howard as well as Johnny "The Rifleman" Crawford, Tommy (Swiss Family Robinson) Kirk, and boyish Beau Bridges (The Red Pony). Also with choreographer Toni Basil of "Mickey" infamy and jiggly Joy Harmon from One Way Wahine.
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