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| 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 | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tol Avery | ... | Navy intern (uncredited) | |
| William Bryant | ... | Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) | |
| Del Courtney | ... | Asst. Secretary of the Navy Robert David Chase (uncredited) | |
| Roy Engel | ... | Officer in control room giving orders to drop nets (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Fisher | ... | McLeod (uncredited) | |
| Sam Hayes | ... | Himself (radio newscaster) (uncredited) | |
| Jules Irving | ... | King (uncredited) | |
| Jack Littlefield | ... | Aston (uncredited) | |
| Rudy Puteska | ... | Seaman Hall (uncredited) | |
| Ray Storey | ... | Reporter (uncredited) | |
| William Woodson | ... | Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Robert Gordon | |||
Writing credits | ||
| George Worthing Yates | (screenplay) & | |
| Harold Jacob Smith | (screenplay) (as Hal Smith) | |
| George Worthing Yates | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Sam Katzman | .... | executive producer | |
| Charles H. Schneer | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Mischa Bakaleinikoff | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Henry Freulich | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jerome Thoms | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Paul Palmentola | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Sidney Clifford | |||
Production Management | |||
| Leon Chooluck | .... | unit manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Leonard Katzman | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| J.S. Westmoreland | .... | sound (as Josh Westmoreland) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Jack Erickson | .... | special effects | |
| Ray Harryhausen | .... | technical effects creator | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Ray Harryhausen | .... | visual effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Richard H. Kline | .... | camera operator (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Mischa Bakaleinikoff | .... | conductor | |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Ross DiMaggio | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Herschel Burke Gilbert | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Werner R. Heymann | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Heinz Roemheld | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
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It Came From Beneath the Sea was one of the better monster films from the Fifties as Hollywood cinema was desperately trying to compete with the small picture box gradually invading American homes. One of the answers was large screen special effects and this film was one of the best in that department.
Ray Harryhausen's name so far is still the only special effects man that I know who's name will actually encourage people to buy a movie ticket. He created some marvelous film monsters and this was one of his best.
The octopus we are told comes from the Mindinao Deep, a spot on our planet still not totally explored because it is the deepest part of our ocean's bottoms. Presumably there are a whole lot more like him around and in point of fact to this day we don't know all the creatures of the sea.
That perennial villain of Fifties Science fiction, atomic testing and/or radiation has made this big guy move out of the depths and try to capture Captain Kenneth Tobey's submarine. He barely gets away and Tobey's is the first of several incidents involving the creature. Scientists Faith Domergue and Donald Curtis are also on the job and the creature ends up in San Francisco Bay. He does a number on the Golden Gate bridge and then tries to beach himself at the Embarcadero. Army flame throwers see that doesn't happen.
Faith Domergue was a really beautiful woman who became known again through the Howard Hughes biographical film, The Aviator. She was at one time Hughes's main squeeze. This is probably the film she's most known for though. There's one scene where Domergue uses her best asset to convince a merchant seaman whose ship has been sunk by the octopus, but is afraid of being given a section 8, to fess up about the monster. Kind of campy, but fun.
The monster's no villain here as in some films. He's just a creature whose habitat man has disturbed that's trying to survive. Unfortunately we can't have him roaming the Pacific destroying all kinds of civilian and military activity. So he has to be killed. For me it was a bit sad seeing the outcome. I think other viewers will feel the same way.