

The Giant Behemoth1959
“The biggest thing since creation!”
Directed by Eugène Lourié, Douglas Hickox
The premise
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
Horror Vault's take
When mysterious deaths and strange burns begin appearing along the Cornish coastline, scientists suspect the worst: atomic testing has stirred something ancient and enormous from the deep. What surfaces from the River Thames is a prehistoric nightmare, and London finds itself squarely in its path. This late-1950s creature feature channels the era's nuclear dread into a lumbering, irradiated monster on the rampage, blending genuine menace with classic B-movie spectacle.
Content: Radiation Horror Themes, Monster Attack Sequences, Animal Deaths Implied
Cast

Gene Evans
Steve Karnes

André Morell
Prof. James Bickford

Leigh Madison
Jean Trevethan

John Turner
John

Alastair Hunter
Dr. C. A. Morris, the village doctor

Lloyd Lamble
Senior Admiral, at the Admiralty

Jack MacGowran
Dr. Sampson, the paleontologist

Maurice Kaufmann
Mini Submarine Officer
Henri Vidon
Tom Trevethan

Patrick Jordan
Photo Lab Aide
Howard Lang
Naval Commader, at the "Valkyrie" wreck (uncredited)

Leonard Sachs
Dialogue Scientist at Conference (bit)
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