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Tentacles is a italien film of genre Science fiction directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis released in USA on 15 june 1977 with John Huston
Tentacles (1977)
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Add to a movie listTentacles (Italian title: Tentacoli) is a 1977 Italian-American horror film directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis and starring John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins and Henry Fonda. Although the film was intended to cash-in of the success of Jaws, Tentacles also bears numerous resemblences to the 1955 science fiction horror film It Came from Beneath the Sea.
Synopsis
Ocean Beach, a seaside tourist resort, has come under attack by a giant octopus, which captures and devours human swimmers and boaters, picking the skeletons clean of flesh and bone marrow. Marine expert Will Gleason (Bo Hopkins) and crusading newspaper reporter Ned Turner (John Huston) suspect the construction of an underwater tunnel by the Trojan company, owned by Mr. Whitehead (Henry Fonda). Trojan has been using radio signals that have been "above regulated levels", somehow maddening the octopus and causing it to attack human beings. In the end, the octopus is killed by Gleason's pair of killer whales.Actors
John Huston
(Ned Turner)
Shelley Winters
(Tillie Turner)
Bo Hopkins
(Will Gleason)
Henry Fonda
(Mr. Whitehead)
Delia Boccardo
(Vicky Gleason)
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