It Came from Beneath the Sea
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| Directed by | Robert Gordon |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer |
| Written by | Hal Smith George Worthing Yates |
| Starring |
Kenneth Tobey Faith Domergue Donald Curtis |
| Narrated by | William Woodson |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
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Production
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Clover Productions
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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July 1955 (U.S. release) |
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Running time
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000 |
| Box office | $1.7 million (US) |
It Came from Beneath the Sea is a 1955 American black-and-white science fiction giant monster film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman and Charles Schneer, directed by Robert Gordon, that stars 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.
A nuclear submarine on maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean, captained by Commander Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey), comes into contact with a massive sonar return. The boat is disabled but manages to free itself and return to Pearl Harbor. Tissue from a huge sea creature is discovered jammed in the submarine's 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 a small 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.
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