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The Giant Behemoth (1959)

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The Giant Behemoth
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The American poster for The Giant Behemoth
Directed by Eugène Lourié, Douglas Hickox
Producer(s) Ted Lloyd
Written by Eugène Lourié, Daniel Hyatt
Music by Edwin Astley
Distributor Allied Artists Pictures
Rating X (theatrical, initial)UK,
A (theatrical)UK,
PG (video)UK
Running time 71 minutesUK
(1 hour, 11 minutes)
80 minutesUS
1 hour, 20 minutes
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THE BIGGEST THING SINCE CREATION!
„ 

— Tagline

The Giant Behemoth is a 1959 science fiction monster film produced by the Artistes Alliance. It was released to American theaters on March 3, 1959 and to British theaters in October of the same year.

Plot

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Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Eugène Lourié, Douglas Hickox
  • Written by   Eugène Lourié, Daniel Hyatt
  • Produced by   Ted Lloyd
  • Music by   Edwin Astley
  • Cinematography by   Ken Hodges
  • Edited by   Lee Doig
  • Production design by   Harry White
  • Assistant directing by   Kim Mills
  • Special effects by   Jack Rabin, Irving Block, Louis de Witt, Willis O'Brien, Pete Petterson

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Gene Evans   as   Steve Karnes
  • André Morell   as   Professor James Bickford
  • John Turner   as   John
  • Leigh Madison   as   Jean Trevethan
  • Jack MacGowran   as   Dr. Sampson
  • Maurice Kaufmann   as   Mini submarine officer
  • Henri Vidon   as   Thomas Trevethan
  • Leonard Sachs   as   Scientist

Appearances

Monsters

  • Paleosaurus

Gallery

Main article: The Giant Behemoth/Gallery.

Alternate titles

  • Behemoth the Sea Monster (original English title; Behemoth, o Monstro Marinho, Portuguese title)
    • Behemoth - Sea Monster (Бегемот - Морской Монстр, Russian title)
  • Giant Sea Monster Behemoth (大海獣ビヒモス, Japanese video title)
  • The Undersea Monster (O Monstro Submarino, Brazilian title; El Monstruo Submarino, Spanish title)
  • The Monster of the Sea (Το Τέρας Της Θαλάσσης, Greek title)
  • The Dragon from the Abyss (Il Drago Degli Abissi, Italian title)
  • The Loch Ness Monster (Das Ungeheuer von Loch Ness, German title)

Theatrical releases

  • United States - March 3, 1959
  • United Kingdom - October 1959
  • Germany - March 3, 1961

Video releases

Warner Brothers DVD (2007)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Special Features: Audio commentary by Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett
  • Notes: May also be packaged with Queen of Outer Space and Attack of the 50-Foot Woman

Run Corporation DVD (2009)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: Japanese

Simply Home Entertainment DVD (2010)

  • Region: 2
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English

Warner Brothers DVD (2011) / Blu-ray (2019)

  • Region: 0
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Special Features: Audio commentary by Dennis Muren and Phil Tippett, theatrical trailer

L'atelier 13 DVD (2015)

  • Region: 0
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: English
  • Subtitles: German, French
  • Notes: Comes packaged with Attack of the Crab Monsters

Videos

Trailers

The Giant Behemoth trailer

See Also

Films
Godzilla films
Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again • King Kong vs. Godzilla • Mothra vs. Godzilla • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster • Invasion of Astro-Monster • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep • Son of Godzilla • Destroy All Monsters • All Monsters Attack • Godzilla vs. Hedorah • Godzilla vs. Gigan • Godzilla vs. Megalon • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla • Terror of Mechagodzilla • The Return of Godzilla • Godzilla vs. Biollante • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah • Godzilla vs. Mothra • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah • GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla 2000: Millennium • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla • Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. • Godzilla: Final Wars • Godzilla (2014) • Shin Godzilla • GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater • Godzilla: King of the Monsters • Godzilla vs. Kong
Gamera films
King Kong films
Other Toho films
Invisible Man • Half Human • Rodan • The Mysterians • Varan • The H-Man • Battle in Outer Space • The Three Treasures • The Secret of the Telegian • The Human Vapor • Mothra • The Last War • Gorath • Matango • Atragon • Dogora • Frankenstein vs. Baragon • The War of the Gargantuas • Latitude Zero • The Vampire Doll • Space Amoeba • Lake of Dracula • Daigoro vs. Goliath • Submersion of Japan • ESPY • Evil of Dracula • Prophecies of Nostradamus • House • The War in Space • Magnitude 7.9 • Bye-Bye Jupiter • Princess from the Moon • Gunhed • Mikadoroid • Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon • Rebirth of Mothra • Rebirth of Mothra II • Rebirth of Mothra III • Rosetta the Masked Angel: Rosetta vs. Freia • Go! Godman • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie • Sinking of Japan • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 • Shin Ultraman
Other Daiei films
Other Japanese films
Miscellaneous
Documentaries

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Triceradon the 8th

2 months ago
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you do realise we are gonna have 2 change its name because 2019 behemoth okay
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Astounding Beyond Belief

2 months ago
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The monster is called "Paleosaurus" in the movie, but, uh, things with the same name can exist.
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AngiraBlu

2 months ago
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@Astounding Beyond Belief: You mean like how there's the titanosaurs and the kaiju Titanosaurus? And this?: https://en.w...Palaeosaurus
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KING GHIDORAH 1954

2 months ago
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Behemoth before kotm be like:
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CanadianUSA

5 months ago
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Behemoth (G:KOTM) vs. The Behemoth
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SkullIslandExplorer

2 months ago
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Most likely KoTM Behemoth.
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