The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Based On the book by Ray Bradbury

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American independent monster film directed by Eugène Lourié, with stop motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. It is partly based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story of the same name, which was later reprinted as "The Fog Horn". In the film a giant dinosaur, the Rhedosaurus, is released from its frozen state in the Arctic by an atomic bomb test. Paul Christian stars as Thomas Nesbitt, the foremost surviving witness of the creature before it causes havoc while traveling toward New York.

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Release date:

June 13, 1953

Director:

Eugène Lourié

Cast:

Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Lee Van Cleef

Genre:

Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Action, Monster

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1953 in adaptations