Alligator
1980
It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
Directed by Lewis Teague
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A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
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- Director
- Lewis Teague
- Written by
- John Sayles, Frank Ray Perilli, John Sayles
- Produced by
- Brandon Chase, Mark L. Rosen
- Composer
- Craig Huxley
- Cinematographer
- Joseph Mangine
- Editors
- Larry Bock, Ron Medico
- Studio
- Alligator Inc
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- TMDB
- 6.1/10 (378 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 87% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 62/100
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (18,065 votes)
Cast
Robert Forster
David
Robin Riker
Marisa
Michael V. Gazzo
Chief Clark
Dean Jagger
Slade
Sydney Lassick
Gutchel
Jack Carter
Mayor
Perry Lang
Kelly
Henry Silva
Brock
Bart Braverman
Kemp
John Lisbon Wood
Mad Bomber
James Ingersoll
Helms
Robert Doyle
Bill
Patti Jerome
Madeline
Angel Tompkins
Newswoman
Sue Lyon
ABC Newswoman
Leslie Brown
Young Marisa
Buckley Norris
Bob
Royce D. Applegate
Callan
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The Evolution of Horror — NATURE BITES BACK! Pt 17: Alligator (1980) & Cujo (1983)
