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Alligator
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
1980 · Directed by Lewis Teague · 91 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller · 10 frames
Tagline
It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
Crew
- Screenplay: John Sayles
- Cinematography: Joseph Mangine
- Edited by: Larry Bock, Ron Medico
- Music: Craig Huxley
- Produced by: Brandon Chase, Mark L. Rosen
Cast
- Robert Forster as David
- Robin Riker as Marisa
- Michael V. Gazzo as Chief Clark
- Dean Jagger as Slade
- Sydney Lassick as Gutchel
- Jack Carter as Mayor
- Perry Lang as Kelly
- Henry Silva as Brock
- Bart Braverman as Kemp
- John Lisbon Wood as Mad Bomber
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Alligator Inc
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Themes: hunter, mutation, underwear, alligator, toxic, creature, briefs, scientist, sewer, child eaten
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