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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

  • 19551955
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
1.8K
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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
  • Horror
  • Sci-Fi
A seaside community is terrorized by a hideous sea monster, which has been created by experiments in atomic radiation.A seaside community is terrorized by a hideous sea monster, which has been created by experiments in atomic radiation.A seaside community is terrorized by a hideous sea monster, which has been created by experiments in atomic radiation.
IMDb RATING
3.6/10
1.8K
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  • Director
    • Dan Milner
  • Writers
    • Lou Rusoff(screenplay)
    • Dorys Lukather(original story)
  • Stars
    • Kent Taylor
    • Cathy Downs
    • Michael Whalen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Dan Milner
  • Writers
    • Lou Rusoff(screenplay)
    • Dorys Lukather(original story)
  • Stars
    • Kent Taylor
    • Cathy Downs
    • Michael Whalen
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    • 65User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    Kent Taylor
    Kent Taylor
    • Dr. Ted Stevens
    Cathy Downs
    Cathy Downs
    • Lois King
    Michael Whalen
    Michael Whalen
    • Prof. King
    Helene Stanton
    Helene Stanton
    • Wanda
    Phillip Pine
    Phillip Pine
    • George Thomas
    • (as Philip Pine)
    Rodney Bell
    • William S. 'Bill' Grant
    Vivi Janiss
    Vivi Janiss
    • Ethel Hall
    Michael Garth
    • Sheriff
    Pierce Lyden
    Pierce Lyden
    • Andy - Janitor
    Norma Hanson
    • The Phantom
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dan Milner
    • Writers
      • Lou Rusoff(screenplay)
      • Dorys Lukather(original story)
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    • Trivia
      The pier repeatedly seen in the background by the beach is the Paradise Cove Pier in Malibu, CA. It was torn in half by a giant El Nino wave in the '80s.
    • Goofs
      Ted goes diving, encounters the sea monster for the first time, and escapes to his boat. He still has his diving equipment on when he rows away. By the time he reaches shore, he is wearing a jacket instead of his diving gear and is perfectly dry.
    • Quotes

      Prof. King: You know, science is a devouring mistress. She devours all who seek to fathom her mysteries. And for every secret she reveals, she demands a price; a price that a scientist must be prepared to pay. Even at the cost of his life or the lives of others who stand in the way of his search.

    • Connections
      Edited from Road House (1948)

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    Top review
    5/10
    Monster from the cold depths thats got the hot's
    (Some Spoilers) The US Government is concerned about the goings on off shore and on the beaches around the newly opened Collage of Oceanography founded by the renowned expert of nuclear psychics Prof.King, Michael Whalen.

    With a number of boats sunk and five people killed, from radiation burns, the US Government sends two of it's operatives FBI agent Bill Grant, Rodney Bell, and famed oceanographer and author Dr. Ted Stevens, Kent Taylor, to find out just whats behind these deaths. Uknown to the US Government there's also a spy ring, from an unnamed country, also at work trying to get the information that Prof. King has come up with in his nuclear research that includes his assistant George Thomas,Philip Pine, and his sexy but not too bright, go-between Wanda, Helene Statnton.

    Prof. King had discovered a uranium deposit under the sea just outside the collage and somehow activated it causing this radioactive sea monster to be created.Attacking people sailing off-shore it killed a number of them by capsizing their boats and then exposing them to it's deadly radioactive rays.

    The Professor is trying to use his discovery to create a "Death Ray" that can be used by the US military but it seemed to have backfired and caused the deaths of a number of innocent people. Prof. King is also reluctant to destroy the underwater uranium deposit and his creation the creature.

    Somewhat better then your average "Monster from the Deep" 1950's sci-fi movie with some good acting on the part of Kent Taylor Michael Whalen & Rodney Bell that lifts this bargain basement monster film up a few notches and makes it more then watchable.

    Agent Grant gets Prof. Kings secretary Ethal Hall,Vivi Janiss, the keys to Prof. King's Lab. to find out if he had anything to do with the mysterious deaths off shore, one of which was Ethal's son. This leads to Ethal's murder by Prof. King's assistant and foreign espionage agent George Thomas. Later a freighter is sunk by the underwater uranium mine, when it sailed over it, killing all on deck.

    The two spies George Thomas and Wanda are easily caught by the FBI in that their so unprofessional that you wondered who, or what country, would be crazy enough to use them in their espionage activities. Prof. King destroys his personal papers on his experiments so no one would be able to duplicate them and then sails out to sea to the underwater uranium deposit. It's there with a TNT loaded time-bomb Prof. King destroys the uranium mine the creature and himself in a huge underwater explosion.

    Prof. King's daughter Lois, Kathy Downs, who at first refused to believe that her father could be responsible for these tragic deaths is shocked into reality with his own cataclysmic demise that prevented more lives from being lost due to his misplaced loyalty to science then to human life.
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    • Release date
      • December 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El fantasma de las 10.000 leguas
    • Filming locations
      • Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Milner Brothers Productions
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    • Budget
      • $100,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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