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Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959)
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3 March 1959 (USA) moreTagline:
The Biggest Thing Since Creation! morePlot:
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
first rate thriller moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Gene Evans | ... | Steve Karnes | |
| André Morell | ... | Professor James Bickford | |
| John Turner | ... | John | |
| Leigh Madison | ... | Jean Trevethan | |
| Jack MacGowran | ... | Dr. Sampson, the Paleontologist | |
| Maurice Kaufmann | ... | Mini Submarine Officer | |
| Henri Vidon | ... | Tom Trevethan | |
| Leonard Sachs | ... | Scientist |
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: When the monster attacks the mini-sub, the close-up plainly shows the head of a completely different creature. moreQuotes:
[Jean finds her father badly burned]John: What happened, man? Can - Can you talk to us? Can you hear us, Tom?
Jean Trevethan: Dad? Dad?
Tom Trevethan: From the sea... burning, like fire!
John: What was it?
Tom Trevethan: Behemoth!
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Let me quickly begin by putting to rest once and for all a terrible error that is popping up everywhere concerning this film: THE GIANT BEHEMOTH was not, repeat NOT, "co-directed" by Mr Douglas Hickox. He was not an "uncredited" contributor to the film. Period. End of discussion. It was solely directed from start to finish by Eugene Lourie, a director (and production designer) of taste and imagination. How this rumor about Mr Hickox ever got started is beyond me.
If I accomplish nothing else but put this falsehood to rest I will be quite happy.
Now, on to the film. I recommend it highly. It is well-written, well-acted, nicely photographed and edited, and well-scored by Edwin Astley. It is a good example of what can be done on an extremely low budget. The producers were merciless in their budget-cutting which was very hard on master animators Willis O'Brien and Pete Peterson but it is a testament to their skill and integrity that they managed as well as they did. Their animation of the giant creature is of a very high order and is, of course, vastly superior to the work of a second special effects crew which was brought in to do the ferry boat sequence. The less said about that work the better, though the scene played well due to the fine editing and music scoring.
I greatly admire what was accomplished here by these talented people having almost no money to work with. That should be an inspiration to many an aspiring movie-maker.