The Neanderthal Man is a 78-minute, 1953, United States black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 science fiction film

Science fiction film

Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...

 produced independently by Aubrey Wisberg

Aubrey Wisberg

Aubrey Lionel Wisberg was a screenwriter, director, and producer.He immigrated to the United States in 1921, attended New York University and Columbia University, and married Barbara Duberstein...

 and Jack Pollexfen, as Global Productions Inc., from their own original screenplay.

It starred Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne , born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor.-Career:Shayne played many character roles in movies and television, such as a 1943 movie entitled Wagon Wheels West, but he is best remembered for his portrayal of the recurring character Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the...

, Richard Crane

Richard Crane

Richard Crane was a veteran character actor whose career spanned three decades in films and television. His early career included many uncredited performances in feature films made in the 1940's. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the title role in the TV science fiction series Rocky...

 and Joyce Terry, directed by E. A. DuPont, and was originally distributed in the USA by United Artists Corp.

United Artists

United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....

  Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence for her role as Fred MacMurray's second wife, "Barbara Harper Douglas", in the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons...

, in a supporting role, appears here in her first fantastic film. The story concerns a scientist (Shayne) who develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.