A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from the Mindanao Deep to terrorize the California Coast.

Kenneth Tobey
as Cmdr. Pete Mathews

Faith Domergue
as Prof. Lesley Joyce

Donald Curtis
as Dr. John Carter

Chuck Griffiths
as Lt. Griff, USN

Ian Keith
as Adm. Burns

Dean Maddox Jr.
as Adm. Norman

Harry Lauter
as Deputy Bill Nash

Richard W. Peterson
as Capt. Stacy
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Harryhausen's special effects in this film are absolutely brilliant as always. I thought that the opening sequence in the submarine was excellent but the rest of the film, excluding Harryhausen's work, was unremarkable. Still definitely worth a watch 3/5...