in the magazine's May 1957 issue, which hit the newsstands a couple months ahead of the movie. Pepe, the Romanian janitor at the police station, was played by the Russian-born Vladimir Sokoloff, a character actor who appeared as ethnic types in over 100 productions, his most famous being the old Mexican man in The Magnificent Seven three years later. Tony Marshall is the only other male actor to receive billing in the trailer for I Was a Teenage Werewolf, in addition to Landon and Bissell; however, he made only one other motion picture, the obscure Rockabilly Baby, for Twentieth Century-Fox, which was released in October of the same year. Shooting began 13 February 1957. The movie was shot in seven days. This film was the first of four "teenage monster" movies produced by AIP during 1957 and 1958. All four films highlighting a theme of innocent teenagers being preyed upon, transformed, and used by corrupt adults for selfish interests. I Was a Teenage Frankenstein and Blood of Dracula were both released in November 1957 and feature a teenage boy transformed into a Frankenstein's monster and a teenage girl transformed into a werewolf-like vampire, respectively. How to Make a Monster, released in 1958, features two young actors being hypnotized to kill while in make-up as the monster characters "Teenage Werewolf" and "Teenage Frankenstein" of the 1957 films. Cast Michael Landon as Tony Rivers Yvonne Lime as Arlene Logan Whit Bissell as Dr. Alfred Brandon Malcolm Atterbury as Charles Rivers Barney Phillips as Detective Sgt. Donovan Robert Griffin as Police Chief Baker Joseph Mell as Dr. Hugo Wagner Louise Lewis as Principal Ferguson Guy Williams as Officer Chris Stanley Tony Marshall as Jimmy Vladimir Sokoloff as Pepe, the janitor Kenny Miller as Vic Cindy Robbins as Pearl Michael Rougas as Frank Dawn Richard as Theresa S. John Launer as Mr. Bill Logan Dorothy Crehan as Mrs. Mary Logan Release and reception Variety reported: "Another in the cycle of regression themes is a combo teenager and science-fiction yarn which should do okay in the exploitation market [...] Only thing new about this Herman Cohen production is a psychiatrist's use of a problem teenager [...] but it's handled well enough to meet the requirements of this type film. [...] good performances help overcome deficiencies. Final reels, where the lad turns into a hairy-headed monster with drooling fangs, are inclined to be played too heavily."