A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
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Antony Carbone | ... | Renzo Capetto |
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Betsy Jones-Moreland | ... | Mary-Belle Monahan |
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Beach Dickerson | ... | Pete Peterson Jr. (as Beech Dickerson) |
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Robert Bean | ... | Happy Jack Monahan |
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Esther Sandoval | ... | Rosina Perez |
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Sonia Noemí González | ... | Mango Perez (as Sonia Noemi Gonzalez) |
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Edmundo Rivera Álvarez | ... | Gen. Tostada (as Edmundo Rivera Alvarez) |
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Terry Nevin | ... | Cuban |
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Elisio Lopez | ... | Cuban |
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Tanner Hunt | ... | Cuban |
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Blanquita Romero | ... | Carmelita Rodriguez |
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Armando Rowra | ... | Cuban |
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American crook Renzo Capetto sees a chance to make a bundle when a Caribbean island has a revolution. He plans to help loyalists (and the national treasury) escape on his boat, then kill the men and blame their deaths on a mythical sea monster. Trouble ensues when the _real_ monster shows up! Written by Paul White <pwhite@bigfoot.com>
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Country:
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June 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Criatura do Mar Assombrado See more »Company Credits
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Sparks Moran: [narrating] I had to go the Santo Domingo bar and I had to find Agent XK-120, whom I'd never met.
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Lyrics by Carole Eastman
Music by Fred Katz
Sung by Betsy Jones-Moreland with the Fred Katz Jazz Combo
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Throughout the movie there are Spanish joke names such as Colonel Cabeza Grande (Big Head) and the reef is located on the Isla de Barracho (Island of the Drunk). See more »Goofs
At approximately 55 minutes, the young woman "Mango" is discovered coming out of the jungle, and again 5 seconds later. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sparks Moran: [narrating] I had to go the Santo Domingo bar and I had to find Agent XK-120, whom I'd never met.
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The Creature from the Haunted SeaLyrics by Carole Eastman
Music by Fred Katz
Sung by Betsy Jones-Moreland with the Fred Katz Jazz Combo
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Another Z- budget gem from Roger Corman . A playful and witty send up of horror thrillers mixing gangsters , fleeing revolutionaries and a sea monster .Some great hip dialogue together with loads of quirky ideas . Clearly , it's just meant to be a bit of fun and on that score it works well.