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    Behemoth The Sea Monster (1959)

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    The monster with the biblical name took the form of a Palaeosaurus as tall as Big Ben and nearly 200 ft long – and not only had the prehistoric monster become radioactive through atomic tests, it was also inherently charged with high tension electricity in the manner of electric eels!

    It tore a steamship to bits, cruised up the Thames, wrecked the Woolwich Ferry, smashed Westminster Bridge and went berserk in the back streets of Bermondsey before being disposed of by a radium-tipped torpedo fired from a midget submarine.

    Director Eugène Lourié built suspense and mood through evocative lighting and excellent use of Willis O’Brien’s stop-motion puppet.

    behemoth2The movie was retitled as The Giant Behemoth after its original release.

    Lourié returned to the monster-attacks-London theme with Gorgo (1961).

    Steve Karnes
    Gene Evans
    Professor James Bickford
    André Morell
    Ian Duncan
    John Turner
    behemoth1Jeanie MacDougall
    Leigh Madison
    Dr Sampson
    Jack MacGowran
    Tom
    Henry Vidon
    Submarine officer
    Maurice Kaufmann
    Scientist
    Leonard Sachs

    Director
    Eugène Lourié
    Douglas Hickox

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