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Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature

film poster by Reynold Brown

Directed by Jack Arnold

Produced by William Alland

Written by Story:William AllandScreenplay:Martin Berkeley

Starring John AgarLori Nelson

Music by Henry Mancini

Edited by Paul Weatherwax

Distributed by Universal Pictures

Release date(s) March 23, 1955 (Denverpremiere)[1]

May 13, 1955 (general release)

Running time 82 min

Country United States

Language English

Box office $1.1 million (US)[2]

Revenge of the Creature is the first sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon, being the only 3-D film released in1955 and the only 3-D sequel to a 3-D film. It premiered in Denver on March 23, 1955 and a 2-D sequel, TheCreature Walks Among Us, followed it in 1956.Although it has been broadcast on television in red-and-blue-glasses anaglyph form (e.g., in 1982 in the SanFrancisco Bay area), it was originally shown in theaters by the polarized light method and viewed through glasseswith gray polarizing filters.

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In 1997, it was aired as an episode of the comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which mocked the film andis also Clint Eastwood's film debut.

PlotHaving survived being riddled with bullets at the end of The Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Gill-man iscaptured and sent to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida, where he is studied by animal psychologist ProfessorClete Ferguson and ichthyology student Helen Dobson. Helen and Clete quickly begin to fall in love, much to thechagrin of Joe Hayes, the Gill-man's keeper. The Gill-man takes an instant liking to Helen, which severely hampersProfessor Ferguson's efforts to communicate with him. Ultimately, the Gill-man escapes from his tank, killing Joe inthe process, and flees to the open ocean. Unable to stop thinking about Helen, he soon begins to stalk her andFerguson, ultimately abducting her from a seaside restaurant where the two are at a party. Clete tries to give chase,but the Gill-man escapes to the water with his captive. Clete and police arrive and when the creature surfaces policeriddle his body with bullets and Clete saves Helen.

Featured cast

Actor Role

John Agar Prof. Clete Ferguson

Lori Nelson Helen Dobson

John Bromfield Joe Hayes

Nestor Paiva Lucas

Grandon Rhodes Jackson Foster

Dave Willock Lou Gibson

Robert Williams George Johnson

Charles Cane Police Captain

Robert F. Hoy Charlie

Brett Halsey Pete

Ricou Browning Gillman (Underwater)

Tom Hennesy Gillman (Land and in water)

Jere A. Beery, Sr. News Photographer (tank side)

Patsy Lee Beery Girl Necking in Car

Clint Eastwood Lab Technician (Uncredited)

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Production notes

Ginger Stanley did underwater stunts in the first two movies.

Marineland of Florida played the part of the film'sOcean Harbor Oceanarium.[3]

The Lobster House restaurant where the Creaturekidnaps Lori Nelson was located in Jacksonville, FL. Itwas destroyed by fire in 1962. The DiamondheadRestaurant (now the River City Brewing Co.) was builtadjacent to the site where the old Lobster House oncestood. Friendship Park was built on the vacant landnear where the Lobster House stood.During the attack by the Creature on the LobsterHouse, a clock hangs above the entrance that suddenlyjumps ahead two hours during the Creature's attack.This is a continuity error resulting from the heat fromthe production equipment tripping the sprinkler systemin the restaurant shortly after the scene started. Theextras, mostly workers from the nearby IndependentLife Insurance Company, were drenched, along withthe production equipment, and the extras had to gohome and change while the equipment was dried,which resulted in the time difference.The St. Johns River stood in for the Amazon in thismovie.This film is the first screen role for Clint Eastwood, who appears uncredited as a lab technician named "Jennings"early in the story. He is shown having a discussion with Professor Ferguson, accusing a test subject cat of eating alab rat, only to find that his character had in fact accidentally put the lab rat in his lab coat pocket.

References[1] Furmanek, Bob and Kintz, Greg. (circa 2012). "An In-Depth Look at Creature from the Black Lagoon" (3dfilmarchive.com) (http:/ / www.

3dfilmarchive. com/ an-in-depth-look-at-creature-from-the-black-lagoon-1). Retrieved 2013-11-19.[2] 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956[3] (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0048554/ locations) The Internet Movie Database: Entry for Revenge of the Creature filming locations

External links Revenge of the Creature (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0048554/ ) at the Internet Movie Database Revenge of the Creature (http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ movie/ v41169) at AllMovie Revenge of the Creature (http:/ / tcmdb. com/ title/ title. jsp?stid=88127) at the TCM Movie Database

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