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The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms

Movie (1953)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 science fiction film directed by Eugène Lourié and stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond and Cecil Kellaway with visual effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film is about an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle that unfreezes a hibernating fictional dinosaur, a Rhedosaurus, that begins to wreak havoc in New York City.

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Released:	Jan 1st, 1953
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The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms Main Cast

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Paul Hubschmid
plays Prof. Tom Nesbitt

Paula Raymond
plays Lee Hunter

Cecil Kellaway
plays Prof. Thurgood Elson

Kenneth Tobey
plays Col. Jack Evans

Donald Woods
plays Capt. Phil Jackson

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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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Movie Goof (continuity error): As the policeman fires a pistol at the monster, the beast picks up the policeman and proceeds to eat him. As the officer begins firing, he is next to a car and the passenger side door is open. When he is bitten and lifted off the ground the same passenger side door is now closed.
Warner Brothers bought the film from producers Hal E. Chester and 'Jack Deitz' for $450,000.
When the streets are being cleared once the beast comes ashore in NYC, films appearing on various theater marquees are "Detective Story", "Come Fill The Cup" and "Across The Wide Missouri".
The dinosaur skeleton in the museum sequence is artificial. It was obtained from storage at RKO where it had been constructed for Bringing Up Baby.

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