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A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Tol Avery
- Navy Intern
- (uncredited)
William Bryant
- Helicopter Pilot
- (uncredited)
Del Courtney
- Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase
- (uncredited)
Roy Engel
- Control Room Officer Ordering Drop Nets
- (uncredited)
Eddie Fisher
- McLeod
- (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
- Merchant Seaman
- (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Sam Hayes
- Radio Newscaster
- (uncredited)
Jules Irving
- King
- (uncredited)
S. John Launer
- Naval Doctor With Stethoscope
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaKenneth Tobey completes a military trifecta in this movie. In The Thing from Another World (1951) he played an Air Force Captain, in The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) an Army Colonel and in this a Navy Commander.
- GoofsFaith Domergue says toward the end of the movie that another giant octopus attacked in the 12th Century as a result of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius is the most famous, but in the 12th century it erupted in both 1139 and 1150.
- Quotes
[Prof. Carter pulls an octopus from an aquarium tank]
Prof. John Carter: Here, gentlemen, is your villain.
Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase: It would take an enormous number of those to disable a Navy submarine.
Prof. Lesleyl Joyce: Or just one of enormous size, Mr. Chase.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits rise up out of the ocean waves.
- Alternate versionsOriginally, just before Matthews met Joyce and Carter, there was a freeze frame of him walking in the parking lot. Recent DVD releases smooth this out by adding a flash of sunlight at the appropriate moment.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Giant Claw (1957)
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Ray Harryhausen wonderfully creates a giant octopus ravaging the Pacific Coast and then rooting itself in San Francisco Bay. The octopus is quite stunning and a marvel of stop-motion animation. Viewers are treated to it actually climbing on the Golden Gate Bridge(a model of course), squeezing a submarine, literally bringing a ship down to the depths, and throwing tentacles all over pedestrians in the San Francisco harbour. My only regret is that this is all too infrequent and most of it arriving at the end of the film. The rest of the story centers around Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domerge and Donald Curtis trying to discover what it is that held Tobey's submarine. There is also a weird love triangle among the three as well which enhances the story I believe. All in all this is a fine piece of classic science fiction entertainment.
- BaronBl00d
- Sep 8, 2000
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- Surgió del fondo del mar
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1(original negative ratio, alternative theatrical ratio)
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