It Came from Beneath the Sea

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It Came from Beneath the Sea

"IT CRUSHES! KILLS! DESTROYS!"

1955 • 1h 19m • ★ 5.6 (106 votes) Released

Science Fiction Adventure Horror

A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.

Director

Robert Gordon

Screenplay

George Worthing Yates

Screenplay

Harold Jacob Smith

Rating

5.6

Runtime

79 min

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Production

Clover Productions

Columbia Pictures

Columbia Pictures

Top Billed Cast

Kenneth Tobey

Kenneth Tobey

Cmdr. Pete Mathews

Faith Domergue

Faith Domergue

Prof. Lesley Joyce

Donald Curtis

Donald Curtis

Dr. John Carter

Chuck Griffiths

Lt. Griff, USN

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Adm. Burns

Dean Maddox Jr.

Adm. Norman

Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

Deputy Bill Nash

Richard W. Peterson

Capt. Stacy

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Audience Reviews

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hand2a

★ 6/10 • Feb 4, 2025

Harryhausen's special effects in this film are absolutely brilliant as always. I thought that the opening sequence in the submarine was excellent but the rest of the film, excluding Harryhausen's work, was unremarkable. Still definitely worth a watch 3/5

Keywords

monstersubmarinesan francisco, californiaradiationu.s. navywater monsterstop motionscientistenvironmental change giant octopusanimal horrorsubmarine commanderwoman scientist