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The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms


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General Information:
Year Released: 1953
Director: Eugene Lourie
IMDB: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0045546
Literary Source: Ray Bradbury, The Fog Horn

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms is the first of the giant dinosaur movies, and features many things that became typical of this subgenre. The monster stomps through an important city, flattens cars and buildings, and causes large crowds of people to flee in panic.

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