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Alligator (1980)
5.7
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The small animal grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage. Director:Lewis Teague |
91 min - 
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Cast
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| Robert Forster | ... | ||
| Robin Riker | ... | ||
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Michael V. Gazzo | ... |
Chief Clark
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Dean Jagger | ... |
Slade
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Sydney Lassick | ... |
Gutchel
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| Jack Carter | ... |
Mayor
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| Perry Lang | ... |
Kelly
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| Henry Silva | ... |
Brock
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| Bart Braverman | ... |
Kemp
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John Lisbon Wood | ... |
Mad Bomber
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James Ingersoll | ... |
Helms
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Robert Doyle | ... |
Bill
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Patti Jerome | ... |
Madeline
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Angel Tompkins | ... |
Newswoman
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| Sue Lyon | ... |
ABC Newswoman
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Storyline
Ramon the alligator is flushed down the toilet as a baby and grows into a gargantuan monster by eating the corpses of laboratory animals who have undergone dubious hormone experiments, thus providing all the ecological and social subtext that one could possibly wish for, even if one doesn't normally go for films about giant alligators eating people left, right, and center--which is the inevitable and tragic result of Ramon's decision that the outside world looks rather more interesting than the sewers.... Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
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He's Up From the Sewers And Nobody's Safe ... See more »Parents Guide:
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Fera See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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MonoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia
John Sayles read Frank Ray Perilli's script for the film once and then totally scrapped it. Sayles said it was set in Milkwaukee and explained that the alligator grew gigantic because of beer from a beer factory going into the sewers. See more »Goofs
Miscellaneous: Sue Lyon is incorrectly credited as "ABC Newswoman". In fact, her character appears to be working for NBC. The microphone she uses during an interview is clearly marked with the NBC 'N' and peacock logos. See more »
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