
Monsters, Genre Hybrids
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
You'll see it tear a city apart!
Directed by Eugène Lourié
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The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
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- Director
- Eugène Lourié
- Written by
- Fred Freiberger, Lou Morheim
- Produced by
- Hal E. Chester, Jack Dietz
- Composer
- David Buttolph
- Cinematographer
- John L. Russell
- Editor
- Bernard W. Burton
- Studio
- Jack Dietz Productions
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Language
- en
- TMDB
- 6.6/10 (201 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 91% Fresh
- IMDb
- 6.6/10 (9,100 votes)
Released June 13, 1953·$210,000 budget·$5,000,000 revenue
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
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Radar Man #1

Frank Ferguson
Dr. Morton

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