Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Carlson
Dr. David Reed
Julie Adams
Kay Lawrence
Richard Denning
Dr. Mark Williams
Antonio Moreno
Dr. Carl Maia
Nestor Paiva
Captain Lucas
Whit Bissell
Dr. Edwin Thompson
Bernie Gozier
Zee
Henry A. Escalante
Chico
Ricou Browning
The Gill Man In Water (uncredited)
Ben Chapman
The Gill Man On Land (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ben Chapman
The Gill Man (On Land)
Perry Lopez
Tomas (uncredited)
Sydney Mason
Dr. Matos (uncredited)
Rodd Redwing
Luis (uncredited)
James Miller
Old Man (uncredited)
Herman Stein
Original Music Composer
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Jack Arnold
Director
Harry Essex
Screenplay
Henry Mancini
Original Music Composer
William Alland
Producer / Idea
William E. Snyder
Director of Photography
Arthur A. Ross
Screenplay
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Maurice Zimm
Story
Joan St. Oegger
Hairstylist
Ray Jeffers
Set Decoration
Hilyard M. Brown
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Joe Lapis
Sound
E. Thomas Case
Makeup Artist
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Joseph Gershenson
Music Director
Milicent Patrick
Creature Design / Makeup Designer
Polly Burson
Stunt Double
Robert Hickman
Makeup Artist
Jack Kevan
Makeup Artist
Chris Mueller
Makeup Artist
Ray Craddock
Sound Editor
Albert E. Kennedy
Sound Editor
Foster Thompson
Unit Manager
Russ Haverick
Assistant Director
Gene Poole
Stunts
Ginger Stanley
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 5, 1954
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$1,300,000
Filming LocationsMalibu, United States
Genres
Wiki.
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.
Creature from the Black Lagoon was filmed in three dimensions (3D) and originally projected by the polarized light method. The audience wore viewers with gray polarizing filters, similar to the viewers most commonly used today. Because the brief 1950s 3D film fad had peaked in mid-1953 and was fading fast in early 1954, many audiences actually saw the film "flat", in two dimensions (2D). Typically, the film was shown in 3D in large downtown theaters and flat in smaller neighborhood theaters. In 1975, Creature from the Black Lagoon was released to theaters in the red-and-blue-glasses anaglyph 3D format, which was also used for a 1980 home video release on Beta and VHS videocassettes.