When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
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Denver, Colorado
1954Festival screening
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DIRECTOR
Jack Arnold
SCREENPLAY
Arthur A. Ross
Harry Essex
STORY
Maurice Zimm
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
William E. Snyder
EDITOR
Ted J. Kent
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Hans J. Salter
Henry Mancini
Herman Stein
PRODUCER
William Alland
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Milton Rosen
Robert Emmett Dolan
ART DIRECTION
Bernard Herzbrun
Hilyard M. Brown
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Fred Frank
Russ Haverick
CREATURE DESIGN
Milicent Patrick
DRIVER
James R. Wolfe
GRIP
Everett Brown
HAIRSTYLIST
Joan St. Oegger
IDEA
William Alland
MAKEUP ARTIST
Bud Westmore
Chris Mueller
E. Thomas Case
Jack Kevan
Robert Hickman
MAKEUP DESIGNER
Milicent Patrick
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Joseph Gershenson
MUSICIAN
Ethmer Roten
SET DECORATION
Ray Jeffers
Russell A. Gausman
SOUND
Joe Lapis
Leslie I. Carey
SOUND EDITOR
Albert E. Kennedy
Ray Craddock
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Evan Baldwin
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER
Scotty Welbourne
STUNT DOUBLE
Polly Burson
STUNTS
Al Wyatt Sr.
Gene Poole
Ginger Stanley
Jack N. Young
Ted White
UNDERWATER CAMERA
James Curtis Havens
UNIT MANAGER
Foster Thompson
WARDROBE MASTER
Rosemary Odell
Detroit, Michigan & Lansing, Michigan
1954Festival screening
New York City, NY
1954Festival screening
New York Film Forum (3D Digitally Re-Mastered Version)