CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON - 1954

 

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON ... 1954

Director:  Jack Arnold
Stars: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams and Richard Denning

STORYLINE:
A scientific expedition searching for fossils along the Amazon River discover a prehistoric Gill-Man in the legendary Black Lagoon. The explorers capture the mysterious creature, but it breaks free. The Gill-Man returns to kidnap the lovely Kay, fiancée of one of the expedition, with whom it has fallen in love.

RELEASE DATE : USA 5 March 1954

TAGLINES:

• Not since the beginning of time has the world beheld terror like this!
• Centuries of passion pent up in his savage heart!
• Terrifying monster ravages mankind!
• Amazing! Startling! Shocking!
• Clawing Monster From A Lost Age strikes from the Amazon's forbidden depths!
• Creature from a million years ago!... every man his mortal enemy... and a woman's beauty his prey!
• From the Amazon's forbidden depths came the Creature from the Black Lagoon

Technical Specs:

Runtime: 79 min
Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Colour: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 2.00 : 1

TRIVIA:

• When William Alland, a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, heard famed Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa tell of a legend about a humanoid creature that supposedly lived in South America. That legend became the origin of this film.
• The Creature's appearance was based on old seventeenth-century woodcuts of two bizarre creatures called the Sea Monk and the Sea Bishop. The Creature's final head was based on that of the Sea Monk, but the original discarded head was based on that of the Sea Bishop.In one sequence Julie Adams' character is captured by the creature and carried into a cave. During the filming the stuntman misjudged where the side of the entrance was and accidentally struck Ms. Adams' head against the wall, knocking her unconscious.
• The Creature, using the name "Uncle Gilbert", appeared in an episode of the TV series The Munsters The episode is titled "Love Comes to Mockingbird Heights."
  

QUOTES:

• David Reed: We didn't come here to fight monsters, we're not equipped for it.
• Lucas: There are many strange legends in the Amazon. Even I, Lucas, have heard the legend of a man-fish.
• Lucas: I can tell you something about this place. The boys around here call it "The Black Lagoon"; a paradise. Only they say nobody has ever come back to prove it.
  

 

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