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It Came from Beneath the Sea is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Ray Harryhausen released in USA on 1 july 1955 with Kenneth Tobey
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 july 1955
Length 1h15
Directed by Ray Harryhausen
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Natural horror films, Films about cephalopods, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Rating58%
It Came from Beneath the Sea is a 1955 American black-and-white science fiction and giant monster film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer, directed by Robert Gordon, and starring Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue, and Donald Curtis. The script by George Worthing Yates was designed to showcase the stop motion animation effects of Ray Harryhausen.
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A nuclear submarine on maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean, captained by Commander Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey), comes into contact with a massive sonar contact. The boat is disabled but manages to free itself and return to Pearl Harbor. Animal tissue of great proportions is discovered jammed in its dive planes. A man-and-woman team of marine biologists, Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue) and John Carter (Donald Curtis), is called in; they identify the tissue as being part of a gigantic octopus. The military authorities scoff, but are finally persuaded after receiving reports of missing swimmers and ships at sea being pulled under by a large animal. Both scientists conclude the sea beast is from the Mindanao Deep, having been forced from its natural habitat by hydrogen bomb testing in the area, which has made the giant creature radioactive, driving off its natural food supply.Actors
Kenneth Tobey
(Cmdr. Pete Mathews)
Faith Domergue
(Prof. Lesley Joyce)
Donald Curtis
(Dr. John Carver)
Ian Keith
(Adm. Burns)
Harry Lauter
(Deputy Bill Nash)
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