The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Genre: Horror / Scifi
Duration: 80 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Eugène Lourié
Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond and Lee Van Cleef
IMDb score:
6,6 (9.735)
Releasedate: 13 June 1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms plot
"You'll see it tear a city apart!"
After an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur comes to life and heads for the east coast of North America. Professor Tom Nesbitt is the only one who knows about the existence of the animal. He discovers that it is a Rhedosaurus, but cannot convince anyone of this theory, not even the eminent paleontologist Thurgood Elson. However, that changes when Elton is eaten by the large animal. Suddenly the animal appears without a trace, until it reappears near Manhattan. Nesbitt hatches a plan to take out the destructive creature.
Actors and actresses
Prof. Nesbitt
Lee Hunter
Prof. Elson
Col. Evans
Capt. Jackson
Corp. Stone
Sgt. Loomis
George Ritchie
Jacob Bowman
Sgt. Willistead
Reviews & comments
Kjell1408
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- 635 messages
- 817 votes
Ray Harryhausen deserves kudos for his special effects though! Monster movies can always go in with me and I certainly enjoyed it.
Translated from Dutch · View original
Zinema (crew films)
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- 10289 messages
- 7382 votes
Classic monster movie.
But despite that status, not great. That's not even in the dated SFX with a rubber stop-motion monster, but in the extremely predictable story without startling events.
It doesn't get bad anywhere and a Lee Van Cleef with a quiff is scary enough in itself. Yet it still gnaws that there could have been much more here. Within the genre it is anything but a striking production.
Reasonable.
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