Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

People are voting emotionally.

Dreadfully Boring

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It's hard to imagine how "Trog" ever got green-lighted to go into production. Was it entirely down to the inclusion on Joan Crawford? Because on paper it must have looked like a joke, and the production of it scarcely rises above that.The plot is simple...a prehistoric ape-man is discovered living in a deep cave. he is captured and studied by a research institute but after some progress is made he eventually escapes and runs riot.The low budget is evident, although the film is made with proficiency and most of the acting is ok. Joan Crawford delivers a committed performance as the director of the institution. But the monster costume for Trog himself is highly unconvincing (nothing below the neck is made up). As are many whacky and implausible experiments done on him, especially Crawford's "training" which consists of giving him toys, rolling a ball towards him, and showing him coloured discs while shouting out the names of them. There is then some bonkers medical procedure carried out that enables him to talk (and apparently learn English), during which time we are treated to ridiculous flashbacks of Trog's memories (rubber dinosaurs being wiped out by a volcanic eruption).It all goes horribly wrong though, as eventually Trog gets loose and terrorises a village, which consists of a single street with no people whatsoever in it. You'll watch in terror as Trog: Eats an Orange! Throws a person through a window! Tosses fruit and vegetables about! Rolls the only car that is actually moving VERY gently onto it's side, which somehow causes it to burst into flames)! Observes a children's playground!Things don't end well for Trog, but worse really is the incredible stupidity of the people who want him killed even though anyone with a brain would realise he's not violent unless provoked. It's a very weak ending, but it fits with the film, which is pretty weak all the way through. Joan Crawford deserved better for her last movie.

I'm pretty sure Joan Crawford could have safely called it a career without having to resort to this monstrosity; who knows what actors think after having reached a certain point in their life? I was absolutely stunned when she showed up in this one wearing a lab coat, heading up the Brockton Research Center as it's chief scientist, probably even more so than seeing the title character the first time it appeared on screen.The half man, half-ape missing link concept gets a real workout in this one as the cave dwelling Trog emerges into the light of day under the tutelage and protection of Dr. Brockton, while mesmerizing the viewer with incomprehensible silliness regarding cryogenic suspension and the creature's evolutionary trail on the way to becoming a true Neanderthal. I usually delight in this kind of pseudo-scientific babble, but in this venue it seemed like reaching for the proverbial straw in order to justify the plot.So with all the nonsense going on, I had a few thoughts that the picture could have explored to make it even more garish. Like what would Trog have used as a mouthwash, seeing as how his favored mealtime consisted of lizards and raw fish. And with Trog's rather effective use of the body slam technique he used in a number of situations, putting him in a wrestling ring might have been a pretty good idea. As I think about it now, I believe there actually was a wrestler at one time that went by The Missing Link. See, a groundbreaking idea if there ever was one.But you know where this flick really missed the boat? A few years before this picture was released there was a hit song called "Wild Thing" that made it to the top of the charts. It would have been a blast if they used it here for the soundtrack. Not only would it have been a natural to describe the title character, but it was performed by a group calling themselves - The Troggs!

***SPOILERS*** The grad-Z movie "Trog" got far more coverage and attention then it deserved just by film legend Crawford staring in it. In fact it was to be Mrs. Crawford's last movie appearance. In it Joan plays British anthropologist Dr. Brockton who takes a shine to this unearthed, from a local cave, half man half ape Trogodyte whom she christened or named "Trog" played by Joe Cornelius. With Trog getting all the attention by the scientific community one of the town elders Sam Murdock, Michael Gough, tries to frame the ape-man in a staged break-out of Dr, Brockton laboratory that resulted in a number of killings in town that unwittingly included Sam Murdock himself. The monkey man got loose due to Murdock and ended up killing the very man who made that possible! A case of poetic justice if there ever was one.With what seem like the rehabilitated , by Dr. Brockton, monkey man "Trog" on on a killing spree it's up to Dr. Brockton to talk him, in monkey talk, into giving himself up before he's gunned down by the police and units of the British Army. With his fate sealed in not bothering to give himself up voluntarily and on top of everything else kidnapping a little girl, Chole Franks, out of a local school playground Trog has no where to go but into the cold and slimy caves where he first came from.****SPOILERS*** And it's there where he'll meet his end with an icicle ending up rammed through his heart, much like a stake in the case of a vampire, and a barrage of bullets courtesy of the British military. You have to say that Joan Crawford gave one of her best performance acting wise as the kindly and feeling British anthropologist Dr. Brockton who found a way into Trog's heart when no one else could. Her feelings for the ape-man seems as genuine and convincing acting wise as her Academy Award performance towards her spoiled rotten daughter in the 1945 classic "Mildered Pierce". Still "Trog" turned out to be the low point in Mrs. Crawford's film career which couldn't go any lower in that she never made another film that could have eclipsed it in the final seven years of her life after the film "Trog" was released.

In England, three attractive young men explore a cave. Two of them strip to their undershorts and swim into a pool of water, where they accidentally discover the titular "Trog" (Trog is short for troglodyte). This encounter turns tragic. Those surviving arouse the interest of local anthropologist Joan Crawford (as Dr. Brockton). She believes Trog could be the last relic of a lost species from prehistoric history, cryogenically preserved during the glacial age. Due to his ugly appearance and all-around bad manners, some nasty men want to destroy Trog. Realizing the creature's scientific worth, Ms. Crawford wants to keep him alive for training and research. "It's my firm belief that Trog is the missing link," asserts Crawford...Missing link or not, this shoddy production fails to engage. Apart from the opening scene and sexy Kim Braden, there is no excitement. Due possibly to budget concerns, poor Joe Cornelius receives only half a monster costume. With so little to offer, extensive stock footage from an old dinosaur movie is rerun. After appearing in several films where efforts to make her appear younger became distracting, Crawford looks fine; she acts the ludicrous script with uncommon conviction. Now firmly in her 60s, Crawford was only appearing in UK features and US television; after a couple more TV roles, she retired (possibly, due to health concerns). Too bad she couldn't get a more interesting gig. Trog is just too silly.** Trog (9//11/70) Freddie Francis ~ Joan Crawford, Joe Cornelius, David Griffin, Michael Gough