Rating: NR
Genre: Horror
Release Date: 10/21/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 79 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

A longtime "dream" project of production designer-turned-director Eugene Lourie, The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms sees the titular beast unleashed on the world via nuclear testing. Making its way from the Arctic Circle, the monster-a carnivorous "rhedosaurus"-begins advancing towards New York. It stomps its way around Wall Street, pausing to have a policeman for lunch. By the time it has reached Coney Island, the rhedosaurus is more of a danger than ever because of the deadly bacteria it carries within its system. It's up to researcher Paul Christian and sharpshooter Lee Van Cleef to try to liquidate the beast with a grenade chock full of radioactive isotopes. Beast From 20,000 Fathoms represented effects artist Ray Harryhausen's first solo effort, after assisting Willis O'Brien on Mighty Joe Young (1949).

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Paul Christian - Tom Nesbitt
Paula Raymond - Lee Hunter
Cecil Kellaway - Prof. Thurgood Elson
Kenneth Tobey - Col. Jack Evans
Donald Woods - Capt. Phil Jackson
Jack Pennick - Jacob Bowman
Lee Van Cleef - Corporal Stone
Steve Brodie - Sgt. Loomis
Ross Elliott - George Ritchie
Ray Hyke - Sgt. Willistead
Mary Hill - Miss Nelson
Michael Fox - Doctor
Frank Ferguson - Dr. Morton
King Donovan - Dr. Ingersoll

Production:
Eugène Lourié - Director
Jack Dietz - Producer
Bernard W. Burton Hal E. Chester - Co Producer
David Buttolph - Composer
Bernard W. Burton - Editor
Robert Smith Fred Freiberger Eugène Lourié Lou Morheim - Screen Writer
Edward Boyle - Set Designer
Jack Russell - Cinematographer
John L. Russell - Cinematographer
Eugène Lourié - Production Designer
Ray Bradbury - Short Story Author
Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects
Willis Cook - Special Effects
Horace Hough - First Assistant Director

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