Creature from the Black Lagoon

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Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954 · Movie · 79 min

Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer79%as of 2021-10-05
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.1/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic68/100as of 2025-10-17

What it is

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.

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Genres
Horror / Science fiction / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Original language
English

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