The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 science fiction monster movie. It was released on June 13, 1953, by Premier Productions. It was produced by Warner Bros. It made over $5 million,John JJ Johnson, Cheap Tricks and Class Acts: Special Effects, Makeup and stunts from the films of the Fantastic Fifties. McFarland & Company, 1995. Pg.61 including $2.25 million in the United States in its first year.'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954

The movie was the first movie to show a monster being woken up or created by an explosion from an atomic bomb. Its success helped cause the creation of more monster movies in the 1950s such as Godzilla.

Plot
An atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle wakes up a sleeping dinosaur, the fictional Rhedosaurus. After being woken up, it destroys New York City before being killed at Coney Island.

Cast

 Paul Christian as Professor Tom Nesbitt
 Paula Raymond as Lee Hunter
 Cecil Kellaway as Dr. Thurgood Elson
 Kenneth Tobey as Colonel Jack Evans
 Donald Woods as Captain Phil Jackson
 Ross Elliott as George Ritchie
 Steve Brodie as Sgt. Loomis

 Jack Pennick as Jacob Bowman
 Michael Fox as ER doctor
 Lee Van Cleef as Corporal Jason Stone
 Frank Ferguson as Dr. Morton
 King Donovan as Dr. Ingersoll
 James Best as Charlie, radar operator

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Category:Monster movies
Category:1953 science fiction movies
Category:1950s English-language movies
Category:Warner Bros. movies