Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Director:

Jack Arnold

Writers:

William Alland (story)
Martin Berkeley (screenplay)

Release Date:

11 May 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Weird Monster Escapes! Terror Seizes City! ...a woman's beauty the lure for his dangerous desires!

Plot:

The Creature from the Black Lagoon is back! This time he's captured by scientists and transported to an aquarium in south Florida...

Plot Keywords:

Peril | Lab Technician | Woman | Gill Man | Man

Cast

John Agar	...	Prof. Clete Ferguson
Lori Nelson	...	Helen Dobson
John Bromfield	...	Joe Hayes
Nestor Paiva	...	Lucas
Grandon Rhodes	...	Jackson Foster
Dave Willock	...	Lou Gibson
Robert Williams	...	George Johnson (as Robert B. Williams)
Charles Cane	...	Police Captain (as Charles R. Cane)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Loretta Agar	...	Woman on Boat (uncredited)
Ricou Browning	...	The Gill Man (in water) (uncredited)
Diane DeLaire	...	Miss Abbott, chimp trainer (uncredited)
Mike Doyle	...	Cop (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood	...	Lab Technician (uncredited)
Jack Gargan	...	Skipper (uncredited)
Charles Gibb	...	Cop (uncredited)
Brett Halsey	...	Pete, teen killed by Gill-Man (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey	...	Joe's Searchlight Partner (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy	...	The Gill Man (on land) / Marineland Diver (uncredited)
Don House	...	Bit (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy	...	Charlie (uncredited)
Ned Le Fevre	...	Institute Worker (uncredited)
Sydney Mason	...	Announcer (uncredited)
Robert Nelson	...	Dr. McCuller (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Man in Search Party (uncredited)
Charles Victor	...	Cop (uncredited)
Bob Wehling	...	Joe, man with searchlight (uncredited)

Directed by
Jack Arnold

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Alland		story
Martin Berkeley		screenplay

Produced by
William Alland	....	producer

Original Music by
William Lava		(uncredited)
Herman Stein		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Scotty Welbourne		(as Charles S. Welbourne)

Film Editing by
Paul Weatherwax

Art Direction by
Alexander Golitzen
Alfred Sweeney

Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman
Julia Heron

Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger	....	hair stylist
Bud Westmore	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Frank	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jack A. Bolger Jr.	....	sound
Leslie I. Carey	....	sound

Stunts
Ginger Stanley	....	underwater stunts (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jay A. Morley Jr.	....	gown supervisor

Music Department
Joseph Gershenson	....	musical director
Henry Mancini	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Milton Rosen	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank Skinner	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Jack Kevan	....	creature design

Production Companies

• Universal International Pictures (UI)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1955) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (1955) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #17220) | West Germany:16 | USA:Unrated (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Company:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Trivia:

Director Jack Arnold liked to use the sides of the movie screen as the arches in a proscenium-style theater with unexpected intrusions coming in from the sidelines. This technique can be seen here when 'John Agar (I)' goes out into the darkened area around the motel to look for Lori Nelson's missing dog. A hand suddenly reaches out from the right side of the screen to touch him, giving him (and the audience) a start, but it's not the dreaded Gill Man. It's simply Lori Nelson.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the scene where the Creature attacks a pair of college students, it picks one of them up and tosses him into a nearby palm tree. The line attached to the stunt double is clearly visible as he hurtles through the air.

Quotes:

Lab Technician: I've lost my white mouse.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Monsterama Sci-Fi Late Night Creature Feature Show Vol. 1 (1996) (V)

This B Monster Film is well worth watching!

In all fairness this movie should be judged for what it is .... a 1950's B Monster movie flick. I give it high marks in this area. It may not have the shock and scare value as it predecessor "The Creature of the Black Lagoon" but I find it to be a good representative of it's genre. A lot of this film was shot at Marineland in Florida at a time before there ever was a Sea World. As a kid I was amazed at some of the scenes in the film such as "The Creature" over turning a car as he was escaping the Aqua Park, and jumping out of a huge aquatic tank to attack the audience. Recently I talked with Ricou Browning (who played "The Creature") and determined that Universal Studios used wires to turn over the car that was supposedly thrown by the Creature. Wires were once again used to pull the Creature out of the large tank at Marineland as the Creature attacked actor, John Bromfeld. Seconds later he was attacking the Marineland crowd. As a young theater goer I found this fascinating. This film has been taking a lot of heat from some of your web site critics. I think it is well worth watching to see how the old Hollywood crowd use to scare us at the Drive-In. If nothing else it serves as a pleasant stroll down "memory lane".