Monster from the Ocean Floor

Monster from the Ocean Floor is a 1954 science fiction film about a sea monster that terrorizes a cove in Mexico. The film was directed by Wyott Ordung and starred Anne Kimbell and Stuart Wade.

Julie Blair Kimbell is an American vacationing at a seaside village in Mexico. She hears stories about a maneating creature dwelling in the cove. She meets Dr. Baldwin Dick Pinner, a marine biologist, and they fall for one another. The mysterious death of a diver interests Julie in investigating, but Baldwin is very skeptical. She sees a giant amoeba rising from the ocean.The film was made for 12,000 over six days. According to Roger Corman, 4,000 of the films budget came from Ordung, 3,500 from Corman from the sale of the Highway Dragnet story to Allied Artists, 5,000 in deferment from Consolidated Labs, and money raised privately by selling 500 and 1,000 shares. ........

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