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The Giant Behemoth is a american film of genre Drama directed by Eugène Lourié released in USA on 3 march 1959 with Gene Evans

The Giant Behemoth (1959)

The Giant Behemoth
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Released in USA 3 march 1959
Length 1h20
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Fantasy,    Horror
Rating57% 2.851792.851792.851792.851792.85179

The Giant Behemoth (aka Behemoth, the Sea Monster and The Behemoth) is a 1959 American-British science fiction giant monster film co-production. Originally a story about an amorphous blob of radiation, the script was changed at the distributor's insistence to a pastiche of The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953), though elements of the original concept remain in the early parts of the film and in the "nuclear-breathing" power of the titular monster.

The script was written by blacklisted author Daniel James under the name "Daniel Hyatt," with Eugène Lourié co-writing as well as directing. Released in the United States as The Giant Behemoth, the film starred Gene Evans and André Morell. It was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures.

Synopsis

American scientist Steve Karnes (Gene Evans) delivers a speech to a British scientific society, headed by Professor James Bickford (André Morell), about the dangers to marine life posed by nuclear testing. Before Karnes can return to the U.S., a real-life example of his concern materializes when Tom Trevethan (Henri Vidon), an old fisherman, receives a lethal doze of radiation; his dying word is "behemoth". Later thousands of dead fish are washed ashore.

Actors

Gene Evans

(Steve Karnes)
André Morell

(Prof. James Bickford)
Jack MacGowran

(Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist)
John Turner

(John)
Derren Nesbitt

(The Radar Operator, at the radar room (uncredited))
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