The Creature Walks Among Us

The Creature Walks Among Us
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Sherwood
Written by	Arthur A. Ross
Based on	"The Creature of Man" (treatment) by Arthur A. Ross
Produced by	William Alland
Starring	Jeff Morrow Rex Reason Leigh Snowden Gregg Palmer Maurice Manson Ricou Browning Don Megowan
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Irving Gertz Heinz Roemheld Henry Mancini
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 1956 (1956-03) [1]
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,000,000

The Creature Walks Among Us is a 1956 American monster horror film and the third installment of the Creature from the Black Lagoon series from Universal Pictures, following the previous year's Revenge of the Creature. The film is directed by John Sherwood, the long-time Universal-International assistant director, in his directorial debut. His role as director was partly facilitated by Jack Arnold, who had directed the first two films in the series, who recommended Sherwood to Universal.^[2]

The Creature Walks Among Us stars Jeff Morrow, Rex Reason, Leigh Snowden, Gregg Palmer, and Maurice Manson. The titular Creature, or Gill-man, is played by Don Megowan on land and Ricou Browning underwater. The film's plot follows a cold-hearted scientist (Morrow) who surgically transforms the Gill-man into a more human-like, terrestrial organism. As with the original Creature from the Black Lagoon, the film's score is composed by Henry Mancini, who at the time was under contract with Universal.

The Creature Walks Among Us is the final film in the Creature from the Black Lagoon trilogy, and is often cited as the final film in the original Universal Classic Monsters series.^[3][4]