The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) 6.6
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and ultimately New York City. Director:Eugène Lourié |
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) 6.6
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and ultimately New York City. Director:Eugène Lourié |
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Paul Hubschmid | ... |
Prof. Tom Nesbitt
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Paula Raymond | ... |
Lee Hunter
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Cecil Kellaway | ... |
Prof. Thurgood Elson
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Col. Jack Evans
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Donald Woods | ... |
Capt. Phil Jackson
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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 Nelson
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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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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 <vornoff@sonic.net>
Ray Harryhausen's first solo effort at stop-motion resulted in one of the best monster movies of the 1950's.
This was the first of the many rampage films of the 1950's and was a great success at the box office. Ray's stop-motion Redosaurus is magnificent, considering the low budget.
One of the best scenes in this movie is where the Rhedosaurus eats the policeman. The acting is rather good and the cast includes Kenneth Tobey (The Thing From Another World) and an early appearance from Lee Van Cleef before he stared with the 'carrot' in It Conquered the World.
I enjoyed this movie and rate it 5 stars out of 5. Great stuff.