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Gorgo

Name: Gorgo
Director: Eugène Lourié
Released: 1961-01-01

1961 film by Eugène Lourié

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Released: 1961
Director: Eugène Lourié
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/Retrieved 2016-05-01
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Screenwriter: Daniel James
Cast: Bill Travers
, William Sylvester
, Vincent Winter
, Martin Benson
Runtime: 78 min
Genre: horror film
, science fiction film
, kaiju
+9 more
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English

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Gorgo is a 1961 British monster film directed by Eugène Lourié and featuring special effects by Tom Howard, and starring Bill Travers, William Sylvester and Vincent Winter. In the film, after an undersea volcano sends tremors throughout the Atlantic, a prehistoric creature is released from under the sea. The crew of a salvage vessel capture the giant amphibious creature and take it to London for public exhibition. It results in the creature's much larger mother invading London in search of her offspring, causing catastrophic destruction across the city in the process.

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Director of photography: Freddie Young
Narrative location: London
Main subject: dinosaur
Title: Gorgo
Color: color
Production designer: Elliot Scott
FSK film rating: FSK 12
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/24853
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Distribution format: video on demand

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