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A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.A giant, radioactive octopus rises from the Philippine Trench to terrorize the North American Pacific Coast.
Tol Avery
- Navy Intern
- (uncredited)
William Bryant
- Helicopter Pilot
- (uncredited)
Del Courtney
- Naval Asst. Sec. Robert David Chase
- (uncredited)
Roy Engel
- Control Room Officer Ordering Drop Nets
- (uncredited)
Eddie Fisher
- McLeod
- (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
- Merchant Seaman
- (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
- Restaurant Patron
- (uncredited)
Sam Hayes
- Radio Newscaster
- (uncredited)
Jules Irving
- King
- (uncredited)
S. John Launer
- Naval Doctor With Stethoscope
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaBecause the budget was so low, Ray Harryhausen saved money by building his octopus model with six rather than the correct eight tentacles. He tried to pose the creature so this lack of the right number of arms wasn't apparent.
- GoofsFaith Domergue says toward the end of the movie that another giant octopus attacked in the 12th Century as a result of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius is the most famous, but in the 12th century it erupted in both 1139 and 1150.
- Quotes
Prof. John Carter: Look, Pete, you don't see many women in the Seagoing Navy.
Cmdr. Pete Mathews: Are you kidding me?
Prof. John Carter: Oh, shoreside women, sure. But there's a whole new breed who feel they're just as smart and just as courageous as men. And they are. They don't like to be overprotected. They don't like to have their initiative taken away from them.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits rise up out of the ocean waves.
- Alternate versionsOriginally, just before Matthews met Joyce and Carter, there was a freeze frame of him walking in the parking lot. Recent DVD releases smooth this out by adding a flash of sunlight at the appropriate moment.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Giant Claw (1957)
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One of the best giant octopus on the rampage films I've seen.
Having already starred in 'The Thing from Another World' (1951) and 'The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms' (1953), Kenneth Tobey completed a memorable treble of classic Sci-Fi films with this offering.
Make no mistake, 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' is one of the classics of the genre and as such is above the mundane criticism about poor script, narrative, performances etc. We all know that these monster-flicks from the 50's and 60's had their shortcomings, but they were made to a formula for a target audience and in this respect there is little to fault and much to commend.
Here we have a giant octopus, disturbed from it's Pacific lair by atomic testing, heading for San Francisco in a foul mood. The Harryhausen effects are great, the narrative follows a course of some scientific logic and Faith Domergue, if a little too old, looks good enough in her tight blouse.
Director Robert Gordon did little else of note which is surprising - he did a good enough job here and whilst not up to the standard of '20 Million Miles to Earth' (1957), 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' is still superior for its type.
BEST SCENE - no contest; the octopus trashing the Golden Gate Bridge.
Make no mistake, 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' is one of the classics of the genre and as such is above the mundane criticism about poor script, narrative, performances etc. We all know that these monster-flicks from the 50's and 60's had their shortcomings, but they were made to a formula for a target audience and in this respect there is little to fault and much to commend.
Here we have a giant octopus, disturbed from it's Pacific lair by atomic testing, heading for San Francisco in a foul mood. The Harryhausen effects are great, the narrative follows a course of some scientific logic and Faith Domergue, if a little too old, looks good enough in her tight blouse.
Director Robert Gordon did little else of note which is surprising - he did a good enough job here and whilst not up to the standard of '20 Million Miles to Earth' (1957), 'It Came from Beneath the Sea' is still superior for its type.
BEST SCENE - no contest; the octopus trashing the Golden Gate Bridge.
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- Aug 27, 2002
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- Surgió del fondo del mar
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1(original negative ratio, alternative theatrical ratio)
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