Behemoth the Sea Monster (1959)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1959
Running Times: 70m
Length: 6,272 ft
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono

DIRECTION

Directed by: Douglas Hickox and Eugene Lourie

PRODUCTION
Copyright: © Artistes Alliance 1958
Production Companies: Eros Films Ltd presents a David Diamond producction
Produced by: Ted Lloyd
Production Manager: Jacques De Lane Lea

SCRIPT
Screen Play by: Eugene Lourie

DIRECTION
First Assistant Director: Kim Mills

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Ken Hodges
Camera Operator: Desmond Davis

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Editor: Lee Doig

MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Edwin Astley

SOUND
Sound by: Sid Wiles
Sound Editor: Richard Marden
RCA Sound System

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Jimmy Evans
Hairdresser: Bernie Ibbetson
Wardrobe Mistress: Freda Gibson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Harry White

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Jennifer Herrinshaw

LOCATIONS
Made at National Studios, Boreham Wood

CAST

Starring
Gene Evans (Steve Karnes)
Andre Morell (Professor James Bickford)

With
Leigh Madison (Jeanie)
John Tumer (John)
Jack MacGowran (Dr Sampson)
Maurice Kaufmann (submarine officer)
Henry Vidon (Tom)

Radioactive waste dumped in the sea awakens a prehistoric monster that projects electric shocks and radioactive beams. Unable to attack it with conventional weapons because such an attack would spread radiation over a wide area, the authorities have to race against time to find a way to stop it as it approaches London.

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Eros Film Distributors Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation

UK
Rating: X

1959
March
3: USA - theatrical release

2007
January
18: UK - television broadcast (on Zone Horror)

The Biggest Thing Since Creation!

SEE the Beast that shakes the Earth! LIVE in a world gone mad! WATCH the chaos of a smashed civilization! FLEE from the mightiest fright on the screen! NOTHING so Big as Behemoth!

Behemoth
Giant Behemoth, The

PERIODICALS

Daily Cinema no.8224 (30 October 1959) p.8 (UK)
review

Film Daily vol.115 no.54 (23 March 1959) p.6 (UK)
review

Filmfax no.74 (August / September 1999) p.20 (USA)
illustrated video review

Hollywood Reporter vol.154 no.7 (11 March 1959) p.3 (USA)
credits, review

Kine Weekly 5 November 1959 p.25 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.26 no.311 (December 1959) p.157 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Motion Picture Herald vol.214 no.11 (21 March 1959) p.197 (USA)
review

Variety 18 March 1959 (USA)
credits, review

Variety 4 November 1959 (USA)
note

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

giant monsters, radiation, helicopters, military, submarines

Last Updated: 18 July, 2009