Gary's "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms" Page
Gary's Science Fiction Page

1953, 80 minutes, B/W
Directed by Eugene Lourie
Technical Effects by Ray Harryhausen
Director of Photography:  Jack Russell
Starring Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey
Production Cost: $210,000 (grossed more than $5,000,000 during first year of release)
Last time I was up here, Tom, we found a UFO in the ice...
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Colonel Jack Evans (right, Kenneth Tobey) and Professor Tom Nesbitt (Paul Christian)
No wind ever made a noise like that!
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Tom sees the Beast (a "Rhedosaurus") in an Arctic blizzard
Pull my finger...
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Dr. Thurgood Elson (Cecil Kellaway)
Back from a night at the opera
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Lee Hunter (Paula Raymond) and Tom
Spam in a can
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The diving bell
Trolling for dinosaur...
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Diving bell descends into Hudson Submarine Canyons
Lunch!
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Dr. Elson gets a good look at the Beast
The old neighborhood sure has changed in a million years!
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Beast emerges from East River in New York
Come back! I only want some directions!
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The Rhedosaurus stomps a boxcar
yummy
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Beast gobbles a policeman
Eat one cop and they call out the riot squad!
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Beast runs from police
Urban renewal
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Rhedosaurus on the rampage
Extra! Extra!
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Beast makes the headlines
We need a bigger gun...
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Colonel Evans and gun crew prepare to fire
Go ahead Rhedosaur, make our day
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Bazooka team takes aim
I'll trade you my rifle for that bazooka
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Following a trail of blood
King Kong got the Empire State building. I get a roller coaster...
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Beast cornered in amusement park
I can't see a thing in this hood
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Tom watches as army marksman (Lee Van Cleef) prepares to fire
Have a little fire, Rhedosaur!
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Beast munches on roller coaster
I'm not quite dead yet...
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Is the Beast really dead?