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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) [NR]

Release Date:
March 5, 1954

Original Title:
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Alternate Titles:
Dai Amazon no hangyo-jin
El monstruo de la Laguna Negra
El monstruo de la laguna negra
L'étrange créature du lac noir
La criatura de la laguna negra
La mujer y el monstruo
검은 산호초의 괴물
해양괴물

Genres:
Adventure | Horror | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Universal International Pictures
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: U  GB: PG  IT: T  NL: 6  US: NR 

Runtime: 79

From the Amazon's forbidden depths came the Creature from the Black Lagoon

Overview from TheMovieDB

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

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Production

Additional Music:
Robert Emmett Dolan
Milton Rosen

Art Direction:
Hilyard M. Brown
Bernard Herzbrun

Assistant Director:
Russ Haverick
Fred Frank

Creature Design:
Milicent Patrick

Director:
Jack Arnold

Director of Photography:
William E. Snyder

Driver:
James R. Wolfe

Editor:
Ted J. Kent

Grip:
Everett Brown

Hairstylist:
Joan St. Oegger

Idea:
William Alland

Makeup Artist:
Robert Hickman
Jack Kevan
Chris Mueller
Bud Westmore
E. Thomas Case

Makeup Designer:
Milicent Patrick

Music Director:
Joseph Gershenson

Musician:
Ethmer Roten

Original Music Composer:
Henry Mancini
Hans J. Salter
Herman Stein

Producer:
William Alland

Screenplay:
Harry Essex
Arthur A. Ross

Set Decoration:
Ray Jeffers
Russell A. Gausman

Sound:
Leslie I. Carey
Joe Lapis

Sound Editor:
Ray Craddock
Albert E. Kennedy

Special Effects:
Evan Baldwin

Still Photographer:
Scotty Welbourne

Story:
Maurice Zimm

Stunt Double:
Polly Burson

Stunts:
Ginger Stanley
Jack N. Young
Ted White
Al Wyatt Sr.
Gene Poole

Underwater Camera:
James Curtis Havens

Unit Manager:
Foster Thompson

Wardrobe Master:
Rosemary Odell

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