Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · Movie · G · 79 min · ★ 6.8 · 74% critics
On a remote Amazon expedition, a team of scientists discovers evidence of an unknown amphibious creature and sets out to capture it for study. As tensions rise over whether to protect or exploit the find, the group realizes they may be the ones being hunted in the creature’s territory.
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Details
- Years
- 1954
- Release date
- 1954-03-05
- Language
- English
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (860 votes)
- Box office
- $1,300,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a classic 1950s creature feature with steady suspense, memorable underwater sequences, and a surprisingly sympathetic monster; Not for you if you need fast modern scares, deep character drama, or gore like The Thing from Another World.
Pros: iconic creature design; tense underwater moments; brisk, atmospheric adventure | Cons: thin story; distracting crew bickering; some dated acting
Themes
- ship
- monster
- chase
- boat
- paleontology
- expedition
- amazon rainforest
- water monster
- black and white
- creature
- scientist
- sea monster
- +3 more
Cast & crew
Richard Carlson
as Dr. David Reed
Julie Adams
as Kay Lawrence
Richard Denning
as Dr. Mark Williams
Antonio Moreno
as Dr. Carl Maia
Nestor Paiva
as Captain Lucas
Whit Bissell
as Dr. Edwin Thompson
Bernie Gozier
as Zee
- HE
Henry A. Escalante
as Chico
Ricou Browning
as The Gill Man In Water (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Directed by Jack Arnold