Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Movie Details

Original Title Creature from the Black Lagoon

Original Language EN

Revenue $1,300,000

Status Released

Popularity 1.5

Cast

Richard Carlson

Dr. David Reed

Popularity: 2.8

Julie Adams

Kay Lawrence

Popularity: 1.7

Richard Denning

Dr. Mark Williams

Popularity: 0.8

Antonio Moreno

Dr. Carl Maia

Popularity: 2.9

Nestor Paiva

Captain Lucas

Popularity: 0.9

Whit Bissell

Dr. Edwin Thompson

Popularity: 0.4

Bernie Gozier

Zee

Popularity: 1.2

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Henry A. Escalante

Chico

Popularity: 1.6

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Ricou Browning

The Gill Man In Water (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.4

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Ben Chapman

The Gill Man On Land (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.2

Art Gilmore

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.2

Perry Lopez

Tomas (uncredited)

Popularity: 5.9

Key Crew

Editor Ted J. Kent

Director Jack Arnold

Screenplay Harry Essex, Arthur A. Ross

Producer William Alland

Production

Universal Pictures

Universal International Pictures

Videos & Trailers

Universal’s Most Complicated Monster: The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Featurette

Howard Rodman on THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON

Featurette

Official Trailer #1

Trailer

Official Trailer #3

Trailer

Official Trailer #2

Trailer

The Creature's Hand (2/10)

Clip

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Dsnake1 7/10

Oct 11, 2019

Creature from the Black Lagoon is a fairly straight-forward horror film, but even sixty-five years later, it still works. The movie plays on the fear of the unknown creature. Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, there might be some kind of ancient, half-fish-half-man horror that sets out to kill all h ... Read more

John Chard 8/10

Apr 14, 2020

We didn't come here to fight monsters, we're not equipped for it. Out of Universal Pictures, Creature from the Black Lagoon is directed by Jack Arnold, and stars Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Moreno, and Whit Bissell. The eponymous creature was played by Ben Chapman on la ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Jan 1, 2022

<em>'Creature from the Black Lagoon'</em> is an entertaining flick from 1954. For a film made so long ago, it really does age nicely. Sure some of the ways used to bring the creature to life look a little dorky in patches, but for the most part I felt the required creepiness - especially via the ... Read more