Tentacles (1977)

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92 min - Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller - 15 June 1977 (USA)

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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... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	John Huston	...	Ned Turner
	Shelley Winters	...	Tillie Turner
	Bo Hopkins	...	Will Gleason
	Henry Fonda	...	Mr. Whitehead, President of Trojan Construction
	Delia Boccardo	...	Vicky Gleason
	Cesare Danova	...	John Corey
	Alan Boyd	...	Mike
	Sherry Buchanan	...	Judy
	Franco Diogene	...	Chuck
	Marc Fiorini	...	Don
	Helena Mäkelä	...	Jane's Mother
	Claude Akins	...	Sheriff Robards
	Alessandro Poggi
	Roberto Poggi
	Giancarlo Nacinelli

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Storyline

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 »

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Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 1977 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Der Polyp - Die Bestie mit den Todesarmen See more »

Filming Locations:

Italy See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Esse Ci Cinematografica, Samuel Z. Arkoff See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Germany: 92 min | USA: 102 min

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

The film's distributor offered theatres a promotional poster that listed several points about octipi - including the fact that they can reach sizes of over 38 feet from arm to arm. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Mike, the trainer of the killer whales, is rehearsing them, he is wearing nothing but a pair of cut-off jeans shorts. When he rewards the whales with some fish, his arm and back are shown as being covered by a white tee-shirt. See more »

Quotes

Ned Turner: Will, I've herad the suckers on a tentacles are like the claws on a tiger.
Will Gleason: Compared to suckers on a tentacle, claws are nothing Mr. Turner.
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Connections

References Buck Rogers (1939) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Octopus First Victim"
Music by Stelvio Cipriani See more »

Tentacles (1977)
Tentacoli (original title)

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