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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
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Release Date:
5 March 1954 (USA)
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Not since the beginning of time has the world beheld terror like this! more
Plot:
A scientific expedition traveling up the Amazon River encounter a dangerous humanoid amphibious fish creature. full summary | add synopsis
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A Fangoria Comic Screams Interview With: Steve Niles
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(From Screen Rant. 20 November 2009, 2:22 PM, PST)
A Fangoria Comic Screams Interview With: Steve Niles
(From Fangoria. 16 November 2009, 1:07 AM, PST)
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THE GILL MAN IS FANTASTIC
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard Carlson | ... | Dr. David Reed |
| Julie Adams | ... | Kay Lawrence (as Julia Adams) |
| Richard Denning | ... | Dr. Mark Williams |
| Antonio Moreno | ... | Carl Maia |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Captain Lucas |
| Whit Bissell | ... | Dr. Edwin Thompson |
 | Bernie Gozier | ... | Zako |
| Henry A. Escalante | ... | Chico (as Henry Escalante) |
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Black Lagoon (USA) (working title)
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79 min
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2.00 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Finland:K-12 (1954) |
Finland:K-15 (2004) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
USA:Approved (PCA #16854) |
Spain:T |
Australia:PG |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
UK:PG |
USA:G (re-rating) (1972) |
West Germany:12
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Ingmar Bergman watched this film every day on his birthday.
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Revealing mistakes: In the cave, when the Gill Man lifts David over his head, the wires lifting David into the air are faintly visible, then can be seen snapping loose as the Gill Man lowers him back to the ground.
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Referenced in "South Park: Imaginationland: Episode II (#11.11)" (2007)
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What are the movies in the 'Creature' series?Why aren't the people affected by the sleeping drug in the water?
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I was thrilled by this movie as a kid, and still love it today. For a small budget Science Fiction/Horror movie of the fifties, this is a great show. It's well paced, well acted, has great music to accompany the action, and Bud Westmore's Gill Man is a marvel to enjoy. Originally this was a 3-D movie, and thankfully, it looks so much better in regular flat screen. I never really did catch the 3-D craze.
This is a terrific adventure of Man out of his element fighting a Monster in his element. The Gill Man is a thinking being, but, still a monster, who remembers the injuries done him by man and seeks retribution. If the scientists had left him alone, he'd have left them alone. They were the invaders.
And, thank goodness that they didn't have a scene of the kidnapped Julia making friends with the now "peaceful" Gill Man (to show his human side), only to have the heroes show up and kill him. She was taken as "bait" to lure the humans into the Gill Man's lair.
It spawned two sequels (yes, there were sequels even back then), and both are good in their own right, they just didn't achieve what the original did all the way around. Enjoy.