Arness had earlier portrayed the Frankenstein-like "carrot monster" glimpsed in the conclusion of Howard Hawks' 1951 version of The Thing.
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Andrew V. McLaglen, the movie's director, was the son of actor and former boxer Victor McLaglen, and went on to direct ninety-six episodes of Gunsmoke starring James Arness as well as five movies starring Gun the Man Down producer John Wayne, among many others.
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