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Director:
Writers:
Martin Berkeley (screenplay)
William Alland (story)
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Release Date:
22 July 1955 (Finland) See more »
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Tagline:
Weird Monster Escapes! Terror Seizes City! ...a woman's beauty the lure for his dangerous desires! See more »
Plot:
The Creature from the Black Lagoon is back! This time he's captured by scientists and transported to an aquarium in south Florida... See more » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

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John Agar ... Prof. Clete Ferguson
Lori Nelson ... Helen Dobson
John Bromfield ... Joe Hayes
Nestor Paiva ... Lucas
Grandon Rhodes ... Jackson Foster
Dave Willock ... Lou Gibson
Robert Williams ... George Johnson (as Robert B. Williams)
Charles Cane ... Police Captain (as Charles R. Cane)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Loretta Agar ... Woman on Boat (uncredited)
Ricou Browning ... The Gill Man - In Water / Lab Technician (uncredited)
Diane DeLaire ... Miss Abbott (uncredited)
Mike Doyle ... Cop (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood ... Jennings - Lab Technician (uncredited)
Jack Gargan ... Mac - Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Gibb ... Cop (uncredited)
Brett Halsey ... Pete (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey ... Skipper - Joe's Searchlight Partner (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy ... The Gill Man (on land) / Marineland Diver (uncredited)
Don House ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy ... Charlie (uncredited)
Ned Le Fevre ... Institute Worker (uncredited)
Sydney Mason ... Police Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Nelson ... Dr. McCuller (uncredited)
Bert Stevens ... Man in Search Party (uncredited)
Charles Victor ... Cop (uncredited)

Bob Wehling ... Joe (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Arnold 
 
Writing credits
Martin Berkeley (screenplay)

William Alland (story)

Produced by
William Alland .... producer
 
Original Music by
William Lava (uncredited)
Herman Stein (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Scotty Welbourne (director of photography) (as Charles S. Welbourne)
 
Film Editing by
Paul Weatherwax 
 
Art Direction by
Alexander Golitzen 
Alfred Sweeney 
 
Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman 
Julia Heron 
 
Costume Design by
Jay A. Morley Jr. (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger .... hair stylist
Bud Westmore .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Edward Dodds .... unit production manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Jack A. Bolger Jr. .... sound (as Jack Bolger)
Leslie I. Carey .... sound
Ben Hendricks .... sound editor (uncredited)
Albert E. Kennedy .... sound editor (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Ginger Stanley .... underwater stunts (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Joseph Gershenson .... music supervisor
Henry Mancini .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Milton Rosen .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank Skinner .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Jack Kevan .... creature design
 
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  • Marineland  we gratefully acknowledge the generous cooperation extended to us by: where scenes for this production were photographed (as The Marine Studios of Marineland, Florida)
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Runtime:
82 min
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2.00 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Reported to be the highest-grossing film of the "Creature" trilogy.See more »
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Early in the movie, when the men on the RITA II are shooting at the Creature, one of the projectiles meant to simulate bullets streaking through the water can clearly be seen bouncing off the Creature's back.See more »
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Lab Technician:I've lost my white mouse.See more »
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6 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Revenge Of The Creature (1955) **1/2, 8 July 2005
Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

The Creature was the last of the classic Universal monsters I got into, which only happened in 2001 via the original DVD release of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954). I loved the film immediately, however, and was very much interested in watching its two sequels - REVENGE OF THE CREATURE and THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956).

Now that I've caught up with both of them, I'd say that Universal did well enough by this particular monster, and that having arrived so long after the Studio's other notables (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Invisible Man and The Wolf Man) proved fortuitous, because The Creature wasn't allowed to become redundant in his own 'starring vehicles' as was the case certainly - and sadly - with both The Frankenstein Monster and The Mummy.

As for the film itself, it isn't up to the original (with which I should be re-acquainting myself over the week-end) - despite having the same director. The change in setting is interesting, and it works most of the time; the main problem, I guess, lies with The Creature's alarmingly limited characteristics: it can only either swim (in the water) or go on a rampage (on land) - although, to be fair, The Mummy is perhaps even duller! Still, the film offers reasonable entertainment and the leads are O.K. if, again, failing to match those of the original.

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