Movie: "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"
| Release Date: | Jun 1953 |
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| Genres: | Horror / Sci-Fi |
| Awards | 1 nomination |
| Runtime: | 80 min. |
| Cast: | Paul Hubschmid (Prof. Tom Nesbitt (as Paul Christian)), Paula Raymond (Lee Hunter) Cecil Kellaway (Prof. Thurgood Elson) Kenneth Tobey (Col. Jack Evans) Donald Woods (Capt. Phil 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 Nelson (as Mary Hill)) Michael Fox (ER Doctor) Alvin Greenman (First Radar Man) Frank Ferguson (Dr. Morton) King Donovan (Dr. Ingersoll) Merv Griffin (Announcer & Bespectacled Man (in...) Fred Aldrich (Radio Operator (uncredited)) James Best (Charlie - Radar Man (uncredited)) Edward Clark (Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)) Louise Colombet (Nun / Nurse (uncredited)) Robert Easton (Deckhand (uncredited)) Roy Engel (Maj. Evans (uncredited)) Franklyn Farnum (Ballet-Goer (uncredited)) Bess Flowers (Ballet-Goer (uncredited)) Joe Gray (Longshoreman (uncredited)) Kenner G. Kemp (Cop with Rifle (uncredited)) Vivian Mason (Miss Ryan - Secretary (uncredited)) Vera Miles (Woman in Trailer (uncredited)) Steve Mitchell (Police Officer (uncredited)) Leo Mostovoy (Captain George LeMay (uncredited)) Lee Phelps (Cop (uncredited)) Paul Picerni (Man in Trailer (uncredited)) Hugh Prosser (Doctor (uncredited)) William Woodson (Opening Narrator / Radio Announcer...) |
Storyline: Nuclear physicist Paul Nesbitt sees what he believes to be a giant monster after an atomic bomb test in the arctic. The only other witness is killed when he is covered by ice. When Nesbitt returns to the States he tries to convince the world that he did see the monster. He even tries to convince paleontologist Thurgood Ellison. The only person who will believe him is Ellison's assistant, Lee Hunter. Ellison is finally convinced when Nesbitt and a survivor of a ship that was attacked by the monster both identify the monster as a rhedosaurus. Eventually the monster makes its way to New York where it kills several people, not only by devouring them or crushing them with its sheer weight but through a very virulent disease which is contained in its blood.
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