The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
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- Approved
- 1h 20min
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 13 Jun 1953 (USA)
- Movie
- 2 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Paul Hubschmid | ... |
Prof. Tom Nesbitt
(as Paul Christian)
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Paula Raymond | ... |
Lee Hunter
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Cecil Kellaway | ... |
Prof. Thurgood Elson
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Kenneth Tobey | ... |
Col. Jack Evans
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Donald Woods | ... |
Capt. Phil Jackson
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Lee Van Cleef | ... |
Corp. Stone
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Steve Brodie | ... |
Sgt. Loomis
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Ross Elliott | ... |
George Ritchie
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Jack Pennick | ... |
Jacob Bowman
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Ray Hyke | ... |
Sgt. Willistead
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Paula Hill | ... |
Miss Ryan
(as Mary Hill)
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Michael Fox | ... |
ER Doctor
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Alvin Greenman | ... |
First Radar Man
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Frank Ferguson | ... |
Dr. Morton
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King Donovan | ... |
Dr. Ingersoll
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Fred Aldrich | ... |
Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Gertrude Astor | ... |
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
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James Best | ... |
Charlie - Radar Man (uncredited)
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Edward Clark | ... |
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
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Louise Colombet | ... |
Nun / Nurse (uncredited)
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Robert Easton | ... |
Deckhand (uncredited)
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Roy Engel | ... |
Maj. Evans (uncredited)
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Franklyn Farnum | ... |
Ballet-Goer (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Ballet-Goer (uncredited)
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Don Gordon | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Joe Gray | ... |
Longshoreman (uncredited)
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Merv Griffin | ... |
Trailer Commentator / Radio announcer in film (uncredited)
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Kenner G. Kemp | ... |
Cop with Rifle (uncredited)
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Anne Kunde | ... |
Woman at Window (uncredited)
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Jimmy Lloyd | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Vivian Mason | ... |
Miss Ryan - Secretary (uncredited)
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Vera Miles | ... |
Trailer Commentator (uncredited)
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Steve Mitchell | ... |
Police Officer (uncredited)
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Lawrence Montaigne | ... |
Soldier (uncredited)
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Leo Mostovoy | ... |
Captain George LeMay (uncredited)
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Gil Perkins | ... |
Blind Man (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Cop (uncredited)
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Paul Picerni | ... |
Trailer Commentator (uncredited)
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Hugh Prosser | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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William Woodson | ... |
Opening Narrator / Radio Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
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Directed by
Eugène Lourié |
Written by
Lou Morheim | ... | (screenplay) and |
Fred Freiberger | ... | (screenplay) |
Ray Bradbury | ... | (story "The Fog Horn") |
Daniel James | ... | () (uncredited) |
Eugène Lourié | ... | () (uncredited) |
Robert Smith | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Bernard W. Burton | ... | co-producer |
Hal E. Chester | ... | co-producer |
Jack Dietz | ... | producer |
Music by
David Buttolph |
Cinematography by
John L. Russell | ... | (as Jack Russell) |
Editing by
Bernard W. Burton |
Production Design by
Eugène Lourié |
Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle |
Makeup Department
Louis Phillipi | ... | makeup artist |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Horace Hough | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Hal Waller | ... | assistant art director |
Sound Department
George Groves | ... | sound |
Max M. Hutchinson | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
Willis Cook | ... | special effects |
Ray Harryhausen | ... | animation effects |
George Lofgren | ... | special effects |
Eugène Lourié | ... | special effects |
Visual Effects by
Ray Harryhausen | ... | technical effects created by |
Stunts
Gil Perkins | ... | stunts (uncredited) |
Music Department
Maurice De Packh | ... | orchestrator |
Ray Heindorf | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Michael Fox | ... | dialogue director |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1953) (United States) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1953) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1953) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1953) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1954) (Austria) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1954) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1954) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (1994) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2004) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (4-film set)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (4-film set)
- Warner Home Video (2015) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Warner Home Video (2015) (United States) (DVD)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video)
- Daiei (1954) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Levné Knihy (2005) (Czechia) (theatrical)
- Ústrední Pujcovna Filmu (1955) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
- Warner Home Video (West Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
Plot Summary |
As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way down the east coast of North America. Professor Tom Nesbitt, only witness to the beast's existence, is not believed, even when he identifies it as a "rhedosaurus" to paleontologist Thurgood Elson. All doubts disappear, however, when Elson is swallowed whole during an oceanic bathysphere excursion to search for the creature. Soon thereafter the rhedosaurus emerges from the sea and lays waste to Manhattan Island until Nesbitt comes up with a plan to try to stop the seemingly indestructible beast.
Written by Doug Sederberg |
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Taglines | It's alive ! See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $210,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | This was said to have been one of the inspirations for Tomoyuki Tanaka to go ahead and film Godzilla (1954). See more » |
Goofs | Nesbitt, trying to persuade Elson to consider his story, says that Galileo claimed the world is round. That was accepted in Galileo's time. His claim was that the earth moves around the sun. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited from Samarang (1933). See more » |
Soundtracks | Don't Take Your Love From Me See more » |
Quotes |
Prof. Thurgood Elson:
[in the diving bell, to view the monster]
This is such a strange feeling, I feel as though I'm leaving a world of untold tomorrows for a world of countless yesterdays. See more » |