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George Worthing Yates (screenplay) &
Hal Smith (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
July 1955 (USA) more
Tagline:
IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS! (original print ad - all caps) more
Plot:
A Giant Octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast. full summary | full synopsis
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Which Ray Harryhausen Movie is the Best?
(From thetorchonline. 27 September 2009, 4:44 PM, PDT)
Fantasy Movie Producer Schneer Dead At 88
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 26 January 2009, 1:32 AM, PST)
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I Left My Tentacle in San Francisco more (62 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Cmdr. Pete Mathews | |
| Faith Domergue | ... | Prof. Lesley Joyce | |
| Donald Curtis | ... | Dr. John Carter | |
| Ian Keith | ... | Adm. Burns | |
| Dean Maddox Jr. | ... | Adm. Norman | |
| Chuck Griffiths | ... | Lt. Griff, USN | |
| Harry Lauter | ... | Deputy Bill Nash | |
| Richard W. Peterson | ... | Capt. Stacy |
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Also Known As:
Monster from Beneath the Sea
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79 min
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USA:Approved (PCA #17332) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:PG
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This is the film that brought together producer Charles H. Schneer and special effects legend Ray Harryhausen. Their professional relationship would last until Clash of the Titans (1981), the final feature for both men. more
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Continuity: When the helicopter carrying Carter lands, he gets into a police car, which drives off with the Golden Gate Bridge in full view in the background. This is right after the octopus has begun pulling itself up on the bridge's south tower, yet in the shot the octopus is plainly not on the bridge. Soon after, Carter drives that same police car out onto the bridge, but when he arrives in mid-span, the car is a different make, model and year, matching the (miniature) police car subsequently crushed by the octopus's tentacle. more
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From her beginnings on a Navy drawing board, through the months of secret field experiments out on the Western desert, then through the desperate search for new metals with the properties she needed, she was designed to be the nation's greatest weapon of the seas - the atom-powered submarine...
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Edited into Fantastic Dinosaurs of the Movies (1990) (V) more
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Ray Harryhausen wonderfully creates a giant octopus ravaging the Pacific Coast and then rooting itself in San Francisco Bay. The octopus is quite stunning and a marvel of stop-motion animation. Viewers are treated to it actually climbing on the Golden Gate Bridge(a model of course), squeezing a submarine, literally bringing a ship down to the depths, and throwing tentacles all over pedestrians in the San Francisco harbour. My only regret is that this is all too infrequent and most of it arriving at the end of the film. The rest of the story centers around Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domerge and Donald Curtis trying to discover what it is that held Tobey's submarine. There is also a weird love triangle among the three as well which enhances the story I believe. All in all this is a fine piece of classic science fiction entertainment.