| It Came from Beneath the Sea | |
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| Directed by | Robert Gordon |
| Written by | Hal Smith George Worthing Yates |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer |
| Starring | Kenneth Tobey Faith Domergue Donald Curtis |
| Narrated by | William Woodson |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff (uncredited) |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Clover Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.7 million (US)[2] |
It Came from Beneath the Sea is a 1955 American science fiction monster horror 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 screenplay by George Worthing Yates was designed to showcase the stop motion animation special effects of Ray Harryhausen.
A monstrous giant octopus rampages along the west coast of North America after becoming too radioactive from nuclear testing in the South Pacific for it to be able to hunt its natural prey in the Mindanao Deep.
It Came from Beneath the Sea was released as the top half of a double feature with Creature with the Atom Brain.[3]
- ^ "IT Came from Beneath the Sea 1955". Archived from the original on May 22, 2009. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
- ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
- ^ "The Top 21 Most Kick-Ass Giant Monsters in Movie History!". bloody-disgusting.com. March 23, 2010.