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Tentacles
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Title: Tentacles (1977)
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Ned Turner
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| Shelley Winters | ... |
Tillie Turner
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| Bo Hopkins | ... |
Will Gleason
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| Henry Fonda | ... |
Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction
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Delia Boccardo | ... |
Vicky Gleason
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| Cesare Danova | ... |
John Corey
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Alan Boyd | ... |
Mike
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Sherry Buchanan | ... |
Judy
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Franco Diogene | ... |
Chuck
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| Marc Fiorini | ... |
Don
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Helena Mäkelä | ... |
Jane's Mother
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| Claude Akins | ... |
Sheriff Robards
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Alessandro Poggi |
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Roberto Poggi |
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Giancarlo Nacinelli |
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Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea which animal could do such things. Dr. Turner begins to suspect that the company which builds a tunnel beneath the bay might have poisoned the environment and caused an octopus to mutate to giant dimensions. Just at the same time a great sailing regatta with many children is started - among them Turner's nephew Tommy. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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It's Turning the Beach ... Into a Buffet! See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 June 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$750,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
American International Pictures (AIP), Esse Ci Cinematografica, Samuel Z. Arkoff See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Little boy: Then we'd need a tornado to move the boat!
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John Houseman was announced to star in this film but dropped out before filming. See more »Goofs
Although the title of the film is "Tentacoli" ("Tentacles"), and it is about a murderous giant octopus, octopuses do not have tentacles, they have arms. Scientifically, the definition of "tentacle" is commonly accepted as an elongated structure with suckers at the very tip. A squid normally has two tentacles, along with many arms, but octopuses do not have tentacles. See more »Quotes
[Tilly Turner says that she'd like to join her two boys in a sailboat race]Little boy: Then we'd need a tornado to move the boat!
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I guess the actors were excited about being sent to Italy, and the downside is that..it was to be in this movie. I guess the producers were thinking they would make some money doing a version of "Jaws" with an octopus instead.
But the casual moviegoer, who has reasonable intelligence, will either be laughing at the whole thing or bored to death. Either way, the movie is not insultingly awful. At least Shelley Winters is under control, for the most part, but John Huston as a reporter is a riot. Danova had all his dialogue dubbed, which seems strange since he speaks English (he did in "Viva Las Vegas" and "Mean Streets", to name two instances). Henry Fonda & Bo Hopkins are also along for the ride.