The Creature Walks Among Us

"A city screams in terror!"

1956 1h 19m EN

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★5.4TMDB · 97

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Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.

“A city screams in terror!”

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Cast

Rex Reason
Dr. Thomas Morgan
Jeff Morrow
Dr. William Barton
Leigh Snowden
Marcia Barton
Gregg Palmer
Jed Grant
Maurice Manson
Dr. Borg
James Rawley
Dr. Johnson
David McMahon
Capt. Stanley
Paul Fierro
Morteno

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Sherwood
Writers: Arthur A. Ross, Arthur A. Ross
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Creature from the Black Lagoon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Sherwood, shot by Maury Gertsman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Heinz Roemheld. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Edward Curtiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Rex Reason and Jeff Morrow and Leigh Snowden carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A city screams in terror!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

John Sherwood directs. Maury Gertsman behind the camera. Heinz Roemheld scores. Edward Curtiss cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
270 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Creature from the Black Lagoon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by John Sherwood, shot by Maury Gertsman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Heinz Roemheld. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Edward Curtiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Rex Reason and Jeff Morrow and Leigh Snowden carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "A city screams in terror!".
9IMDB entry: tt0049103 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 97 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 13 themes, including "florida", "monster", "transformation", "everglades".

The technical file

Cinematography: Maury Gertsman
Original score: Heinz Roemheld
Editing: Edward Curtiss
Costume design: Jay A. Morley Jr.
Makeup / hair: Jack Kevan
Runtime: 79 min · 1h 19m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.78:1 (16:9)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

Part of

Creature from the Black Lagoon Collection

Consists of all three original Universal Creature movies: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Revenge of the Creature (1955), and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956).

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r96sk2022-01-01
★ 7/10
It's a bit up and down, but all in all <em>'The Creature Walks Among Us'</em> is a film I'd consider as 'good'. It, for me, definitively improves upon predecessor <em>'Revenge of the Creature'</em>, despite a few parts I didn't like as much as other bits. The stuff with the Gill-man is actually really good, especially towards the end. Despite that, the filmmakers seemed to prefer showing the humans - whose story didn't interest me on anything other than a base level. It needed more creature, in short. Rex Reason is the only cast member I immediately remember, even minutes after watching. Leigh Snowden is serviceable, while Jeff Morrow at least plays his sorta character well enough - given I disliked him. Ricou Browning is the only main cast member to appear in all three times; as underwater Gill-man, of course. The better sequel, though neither come all that close to the fab original.

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