THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS
(1953)




PLOT
An atomic blast in the arctic frees a long dormant prehistoric beast (Rhedosaurus), which heads for New York City. Grande finale takes place in Coney Island. Look out for a young Lee van Cleef. Based on the Ray Bradbury short story "The Fog Horn."


CAST
TOM NESBITT: Paul Christian
LEE HUNTER: Paula Raymond
PROFESSOR THURGOOD ELSON: Cecil Kellaway
COL. JACK EVANS: Kenneth Tobey
CAPTAIN PHIL JACKSON: Donald Woods
CORPORAL STONE: Lee Van Cleef
SRGT. LOOMIS: Steve Brodie
GEORGE RITCHIE: Ross Elliot
JACOB BOWMAN: Jack Pennick
SRGT WILLISTEAD: Ray Hyke
MISS NELSON: Mary Hill
ER DOCTOR: Michael Fox
1ST RADAR MAN: Alvin Greenman
DR. MORTON: Frank Ferguson
DR. INGERSOLL: King Donovan
RADAR MAN: James Best


ANIMATED CREATURES

The Rhedosaurus



CREDITS
DIRECTOR: Eugene Lourie
PRODUCED BY: Jack Dietz
TECHNICAL EFFECTS: Ray Harryhausen
MUSIC: David Buttolph
SCREENWRITERS: Louis Morheim
Fred Frieberger
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jack Russell
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Eugene Lourie
SET DECORATOR: Edward G. Boyle
SPECIAL EFFECTS: Willis Cook
SOUND: George Groves
Max M. Hutchinson
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Horace Hough
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Eugene Lourie
MAKE-UP: Louis Phillipi
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR: Hal Waller
ORCHESTRATION: Maurice DePackh
DIALOGUE DIRECTOR: Michael Fox
CO-PRODUCERS: Bernard W. Burton
Hal E. Chester
PRODUCED BY MUTUAL PICTURES OF CALIFORNIA

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