The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
"You'll see it tear a city apart!"
DramaHorrorScience Fiction
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
🎬 DirectorEugène Lourié
📅 Release1953-06-13
🌍 CountryUnited States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioJack Dietz Productions
🗳 Votes195
🔥 Popularity1
💰 Budget$210,000
💵 Revenue$5,000,000
🎭 Cast
Paul Hubschmid
Prof. Nesbitt
Paula Raymond
Lee Hunter
Cecil Kellaway
Prof. Elson
Kenneth Tobey
Col. Evans
Donald Woods
Capt. Jackson
Lee Van Cleef
Corp. Stone
Steve Brodie
Sgt. Loomis
Ross Elliott
George Ritchie
Jack Pennick
Jacob Bowman
Ray Hyke
Sgt. Willistead
Paula Hill
Miss Ryan
Michael Fox
ER Doctor
Alvin Greenman
Radar Man #1
Frank Ferguson
Dr. Morton
King Donovan
Dr. Ingersoll
🎥 Crew
DirectorEugène Lourié
ScreenplayLou Morheim
ScreenplayFred Freiberger
Short StoryRay Bradbury
Assistant Art DirectorHall Waller
SoundMax M. Hutchinson
OrchestratorMaurice De Packh
Associate ProducerBernard W. Burton
ProducerHal E. Chester
ProducerJack Dietz
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
new york cityatomic bombgiant monsterarctic polar circle regionradioactivitystop motiondinosaurblack and whitesea monsterbased on short story
💬 Reviews
Rhedosaurus rampage as Harryhausen genius starts to work. Nuclear testing out in the arctic rouses a prehistoric Rhedosaurs from its icy incarcerated sleep. It promptly lays waste to everything that gets in its path, and its next stop is New York City. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms stands as one of the most important of the 50s sci-fi/creature feature films that filled the screens during tha…
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