The Giant Behemoth

thumb The Giant Behemoth is a 1959 film about marine atomic tests that cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London. Directed by Eugène Lourié. Written by Robert Abel.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!  (taglines) Steve Karnes One thing is sure. Something has happened here that isn't in the book. Something came out of the ocean and now has gone back into. This is very impressive, but I'm not going to perform surgery... I'm going to cut a fish. Other Dr. Sampson: Oh, it's heading for the Thames. They always made for the freshwater rivers to die. That's where their skeletons have been found - some irrestible instinct to die in the shallows that gave them birth. You know, all my life I hoped this would happen. Ever since childhood I expected it. I knew these creatures were alive somewhere, but I had no proof, scientific proof, and I had to keep it to myself, or my colleagues would have all laughed at me. See, no form of life ceases abruptly, and all those reports of sea serpents - well, what can they be?... The tall, graceful neck of paleosaurus. He can stay underneath the surface for an age, and now he comes to the top. Old Lady: Fiddlesticks! Dialogue John: What happened, man? Can - Can you talk to us? Can you hear us, Tom?Jean Trevethan: Dad? Dad?Tom Trevethan: From the sea... burning, like fire!John: What was it?Tom Trevethan: Behemoth!Steve Karnes: I feel Admiral, what we're facing is a marine animal of tremendous size and strength.Admiral Summers: Do you mean to believe that a whale could've smashed through steel plates so high above the water line?Steve Karnes: I didn't say a whale.Professor James Bickford: Behemoth?Steve Karnes': That's as good a name as any for now. Taglines 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! Cast Gene Evans — Steve Karnes André Morell — Prof. James Bickford John Turner — John Leigh Madison — Jean Trevethan Jack MacGowran — Dr. Sampson, the Paleontologist Maurice Kaufmann — Mini Submarine Officer Henri Vidon — Thomas Trevethan Leonard Sachs — Scientist External links 0052611 The Giant Behemoth Category:Films about dinosaurs Category:Films directed by Eugène Lourié Category:1959 American films Category:1959 British films Category:1959 English-language films Category:American science fiction horror films Category:British science fiction horror films Category:English-language science fiction horror films