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2 July 1980 (USA)
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Beneath Those Manholes, A Man-Eater Is Waiting ... more
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A giant alligator is on the loose in Chicago. Chicago? Yup, don't go down the sewers! full summary | full synopsis
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2 nominations
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Forster | ... | David | |
| Robin Riker | ... | Marisa | |
| Michael V. Gazzo | ... | Chief Clark (as Michael Gazzo) | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Slade | |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Gutchel (as Sidney Lassick) | |
| Jack Carter | ... | Mayor | |
| Perry Lang | ... | Kelly | |
| Henry Silva | ... | Brock | |
| Bart Braverman | ... | Kemp | |
| John Lisbon Wood | ... | Mad Bomber | |
| James Ingersoll | ... | Helms | |
| Robert Doyle | ... | Bill | |
| Patti Jerome | ... | Madeline | |
| Angel Tompkins | ... | Newswoman | |
| Sue Lyon | ... | ABC Newswoman |
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91 min | Argentina:92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Argentina:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
South Korea:12 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (original rating) |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Iceland:12
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Robert Forster was recovering from a case of spinal meningitis when principal filming began.
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Crew or equipment visible: In the first shot of the alligators eye, the whole crew is reflected in it.
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Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 3: Exploitation Explosion (2008) (V)
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When this film turned up on T.V. I was prepared for the worst. Much to my surprise this was a good thrilling monster movie with just the right amount of tongue and cheek to make the far fetched premise acceptable; ie the idea that an alligator this big could slip in and out of the sewers with out being detected. Robert Forster as the detective out to track down the killer gator gives a good performance. ,real stand out is Henry Silva as the military man sent to destroy the monster gator. He plays him like a broad stereotype of a general from some Latin American dictatorship.
FYI: If you think the idea of a 36 foot plus alligator is impossible, there is a fossil skull on display in the American Museum of Natural History in New York of an extinct crocodile. The skull is over five feet long. Image that such monsters once did roam the earth!