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| Bill Travers | ... | Joe Ryan | |
| William Sylvester | ... | Sam Slade | |
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Vincent Winter | ... | Sean |
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Christopher Rhodes | ... | McCartin |
| Joseph O'Conor | ... | Prof. Hendricks | |
| Bruce Seton | ... | Prof. Flaherty | |
| Martin Benson | ... | Dorkin | |
| Maurice Kaufmann | ... | Radio Reporter (as Maurice Kauffman) | |
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Barry Keegan | ... | Mate |
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Tommy Duggan | ... | 1st Naval Officer (as Thomas Duggan) |
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Dervis Ward | ... | Bosun |
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A salvage vessle is nearly sunk off the Irish coast by an undersea earthquake. A few nights later, a walking sea monster tangles with the fishing boats and enters the town. The salvage vessel captures Gorgo and takes it to London for display. Gorgo's mother, who is upset and significantly larger follows his trail to London leaving a wake of destruction in her path. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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animal character name as title | sailor | boat | giant lizard | lizard |Taglines:
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
29 March 1961 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fornaldar-skrímslið See more »Company Credits
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Sam Slade: You've killed it?
Admiral Brooks: It's disappeared beneath the sea. They have saturated the area with depth charges which no living thing could escape. It's certainly been killed.
[Cut to Gorgo's mother breaching the ocean surface and looming above the naval destroyer]
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At 1:09:59 we see 10 Downing Street, London's equivalent to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. See more »Goofs
When the British radio operator relays the message from HMS Royal Oak to Admiral Brooks, the audio dialogue does not match what he is actually saying. See more »Quotes
Admiral Brooks: [turning from a phone call] They report at least two direct hits.Sam Slade: You've killed it?
Admiral Brooks: It's disappeared beneath the sea. They have saturated the area with depth charges which no living thing could escape. It's certainly been killed.
[Cut to Gorgo's mother breaching the ocean surface and looming above the naval destroyer]
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Gorgo is the third of the monster on the loose movies to be directed by Eugene Lourie. It came two years after The Giant Behemoth and was the only monster movie to be directed by him to be made in colour.
This is an excellent movie with great special effects. This is the British version of Godzilla and the monsters look impressive, despite them being men in monster suits. The acting in this is quite good and there is an excellent music score too. This was made towards the end of the craze for giant monster movies.
This movie is a must for monster movie fans and I enjoyed it very much.
This is British monster movie action at its best. Enjoy!
Rating: 4 stars out of 5.