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Titolo originale: It Came from Beneath the Sea
Regia: Robert Gordon |
Anno: 1955
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Fantascienza Avventura Horror
Tag: monster | submarine | san francisco, california | radiation | u.s. navy | water monster | stop motion | scientist | environmental change  | giant octopus | animal horror | submarine commander | woman scientist |
Cast: Kenneth Tobey | Faith Domergue | Donald Curtis | Chuck Griffiths | Ian Keith | Dean Maddox Jr. | Harry Lauter | Richard W. Peterson |

Un sottomarino atomico guidato dal comandante Pete Mathews (Kenneth Tobey) si imbatte in qualcosa di grosso mentre sta facendo manovre nell’Oceano Pacifico. La professoressa Lesley Joyce (Faith Domergue) e il professor John Carter (Donald Curtis) sono incaricati di investigare. Quello che scoprono è una piovra gigantesca, diretta a San Francisco, dove arriva con tutte le intenzioni di devastare la città.

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When the search plane is shown, it is a Martin PBM Mariner patrol bomber, but when the pilot is show [...] D
Closeups show the octopus on the Golden Gate Bridge. But when Carter lands in the helicopter and jum [...] D
In most shots of the octopus's tentacles wrapping around the clock tower, the clocks read 5:35, but [...] D
When Professor Joyce calls John Carter from operations, Professor Carter tells her to take the repor [...] D
In the final scene, Commander Mathews' uniform does not have the star above the three stripes on his [...] D
Early in the film, the submarine is a SST-1 Mackerel class training sub. Subsequent shots of the sub [...] D
When the octopus's tentacle is smashing the entrance to the ferry terminal, people are seen running [...] D
The octopus makes a gurgling/growling sound, even when only the tip of a tentacle is above the water [...] D
When the helicopter carrying Carter lands, he gets into a police car, which drives off with the Gold [...] D
When Carter is given clearance to go on the bridge, a man in a hat and glasses can be seen leaning o [...] D
There is no Harpers Cove Oregon. D
Near the end of the film, when fear of the giant octopus is at its most frenzied, there is a highway [...] D
During the airplane search for survivors after the first monster attack, the pilot sights two men in [...] D
Faith Domergue says toward the end of the movie that another giant octopus attacked in the 12th Cent [...] D
In all the shots of the monster sprawled across the Embarcadero, cars can be seen driving normally a [...] D
When the octopus's tentacles are waving behind and over one of the buildings near the Embarcadero, t [...] D
In the conference room whilst discussing what to do, a U.S. Marine comes in to deliver a message wea [...] D
Cars shown were from the 1950s. One shot of a San Francisco street showed cars from the 1930s. D
When Commander Mathews and Professor Joyce reach the beach at Astoria, Oregon, a sign welcomes them [...] D
In his introduction for TCM, Ben Mankiewicz says the creature became a giant after absorbing radiati [...] D
In the 12th Naval District office the press are being briefed on the situation. When the map on the [...] D
When a giant octopus attacks a ship and the order is given to abandon ship the crew are seen jumping [...] D
When the submarine is caught by the creature, Commander Mathews orders All Back Full (reverse), an o [...] D
In the opening scene, Cmdr. Matthews' submarine is patrolling the North Pacific; the enlisted men ha [...] D
Cmdr. Mathews is talking to Prof. Joyce in the research lab while smoking a cigarette even though th [...] D
As the sub closes in on the octopus the captain tells the forward torpedo room to stand by, followed [...] D
When the authorities are detonating undersea mines to discourage the giant octopus, explosions are s [...] D
The opening sequence on the submarine, appears that Kenneth Tobey's character, the captain of the su [...] D
When Commander Mathews and Professor Joyce fly to Oregon, a B-47 jet is shown taking off. A B-47 is [...] D
After Carter leaves the submarine to fire a harpoon in the octopus's eye, the octopus can been seen [...] D
There is a huge ship anchored next to the long dock with it's masts well above the buildings as the [...] D
The illustration shown to the press by Prof. Joyce depicts a supposed "kraken" attack on a French wa [...] D
The Chevy used by Cmdr Mathews in Hawaii had the same military number on the door as the one assigne [...] D