Creature from the Black Lagoon poster

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 · Released · 79 min · United States · English

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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.

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Also known as

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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