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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
Genres:
Adventure | Horror | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Universal International Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 FR: U IT: T NL: 6 US: NR
Runtime: 79
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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Art Direction:
Hilyard M. Brown
Bernard Herzbrun
Assistant Director:
Fred Frank
Russ Haverick
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:
Bud Westmore
E. Thomas Case
Robert Hickman
Jack Kevan
Chris Mueller
Makeup Designer:
Milicent Patrick
Music:
Robert Emmett Dolan
Milton Rosen
Music Director:
Joseph Gershenson
Musician:
Ethmer Roten
Original Music Composer:
Henry Mancini
Herman Stein
Hans J. Salter
Producer:
William Alland
Screenplay:
Harry Essex
Arthur A. Ross
Set Decoration:
Ray Jeffers
Russell A. Gausman
Sound:
Joe Lapis
Leslie I. Carey
Sound Editor:
Ray Craddock
Albert E. Kennedy
Still Photographer:
Scotty Welbourne
Story:
Maurice Zimm
Stunt Double:
Polly Burson
Stunts:
Gene Poole
Ginger Stanley
Ted White
Al Wyatt Sr.
Jack N. Young
Underwater Camera:
James Curtis Havens
Unit Manager:
Foster Thompson
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