The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 American monster film directed by Eugène Lourié in his directorial debut, with stop motion animation by Ray Harryhausen. It is partly based on Ray Bradbury's 1951 short story, first published in The Saturday Evening Post, which was later reprinted as "The Fog Horn". In the film a giant dinosaur, the Rhedosaurus, is released from its frozen state in the Arctic by an atomic bomb test. Paul Christian stars as Thomas Nesbitt, the foremost surviving witness of the creature before it causes havoc while traveling toward New York. Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, and Kenneth Tobey are featured in supporting roles. Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester arranged the production of a monster movie in response to the successful 1952 re-release of King Kong (1933). While Lou Morheim and Fred Freiberger were solely credited for screenwriting, many contributed to writing the film, including Dietz, Harryhausen, and Lourié. On an estimated $210,000–285,000 budget, principal...

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