The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953 · 80 min · EN · 6.6 (211 votes)
Dir. Eugène Lourié · Starring Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Donald Woods, Lee Van Cleef · Music David Buttolph

“You'll see it tear a city apart!”

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The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

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A thrilling, if slightly campy, race against time as a prehistoric terror, unleashed by atomic testing, threatens to stomp out New York City. It's classic monster movie fun with a touch of Cold War anxiety.

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