Matilda (1978) 
AIP Production #7814 

Jeff and Cheryl go a couple rounds with the marsupial marauder from down under, Matilda.

Screenplay by Albert S. Ruddy and Timothy Galfas
Based on the Booky by Paul Gallico
Produced by Albert S. Ruddy
Directed by Daniel Mann 

Starring: 
Elliott Gould as Bernie Bonnelli 
Clive Revill as Billy Baker 
Harry Guardino as Uncke Nono 
Roy Clark as Wild Bill Wildman 
Karen Carlson as Kathleen Smith 
Art Metrano as Gordon Baum 
Lionel Syander as Pinky Schwab 
Roberta Collins as Tanya Six 
Larry Pennell as Lee Dockerty 
Gary Morgan as Matilda 
Robert Mitchum as Duke Parkhurst 

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)