The Giant Behemoth
The biggest thing since creation!
Directed by Eugène Lourié, Douglas Hickox
Produced by Artistes Alliance Ltd., Diamond Pictures Corp.
A mid-century atomic-age monster film that uses radiation-awakened dinosaur destruction as a vehicle for Cold War anxieties and spectacle.
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
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Ensemble
Gene Evans
Steve Karnes
André Morell
Prof. James Bickford
Leigh Madison
Jean Trevethan
John Turner
John
Alastair Hunter
Dr. C. A. Morris, the village doctor
Lloyd Lamble
Senior Admiral, at the Admiralty
Jack MacGowran
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist
Maurice Kaufmann
Mini Submarine Officer
Henri Vidon
Tom Trevethan
Patrick Jordan
Photo Lab Aide
Howard Lang
Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)
Leonard Sachs
Dialogue Scientist at Conference (bit)
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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Giant Behemoth, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Giant Behemoth, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
