Top billed cast

1. 

   Kenneth Tobey

   Cmdr. Pete Mathews

2. 

   Faith Domergue

   Prof. Lesley Joyce

3. 

   Donald Curtis

   Dr. John Carter

4. 

   Chuck Griffiths

   Lt. Griff, USN

5. 

   Ian Keith

   Adm. Burns

6. 

   Dean Maddox Jr.

   Adm. Norman

7. 

   Harry Lauter

   Deputy Bill Nash

8. 

   Richard W. Peterson

   Capt. Stacy

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Reviews

A review by Dr_Nostromo

Written by Dr_Nostromo on 2026-04-24

57/100

Early Ray Harryhausen creature feature about a radiation enhanced, giant octopus (with only 6 tentacles) attacking the west coast of the U.S. climaxing at the Golden Gate bridge. The creature effects were wonderful to watch as it threatens several ships and rips the bridge apart making them the obvious highlight of the film. But the stuff in between ...sheesh. The writers seem to have a hard time giving us a plausible story making everything sort of silly and, even considering the sexual moors of the 50's, the relationship dynamics were just plain bizarre. Fun nostalgia. -- DrNostrom...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• monster
• submarine
• san francisco, california
• radiation
• u.s. navy
• water monster
• stop motion
• scientist
• environmental change 
• giant octopus
• animal horror
• submarine commander
• woman scientist