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Creature from the Black Lagoon is a 1954 American black-and-white 3D monster horror film produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold, from a screenplay by Harry Essex and Arthur Ross and a story by Maurice Zimm. It stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, Nestor Paiva, and Whit Bissell. The film's plot follows a group of scientists who encounter a piscine amphibious humanoid in the waters of the Amazon; the Creature, also known as the Gill-man, was played by Ben Chapman on land and by Ricou Browning underwater. Produced and distributed by Universal-International, Creature from the Black Lagoon premiered in Detroit on February 12, 1954, and was released on a regional basis, opening on various dates.
- Director
- Jack Arnold
- Writer
- Harry Essex · Arthur A. Ross
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- Release date
- 1954 · Released
- Runtime
- 79 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Action · Adventure · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · Monster
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Der Schrecken vom Amazonas
- Français
- L'Étrange Créature du lac noir
- Italiano
- Il mostro della laguna nera
- 日本語
- 大アマゾンの半魚人
- 한국어
- 검은 늪지대의 생명체
- Polski
- Potwór z Czarnej Laguny
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