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The Monster That Challenged the World is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Arnold Laven released in USA on 14 june 1957 with Tim Holt
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Monster That Challenged the World (aka The Jagged Edge and The Kraken) is a 1957 science-fiction monster movie, about an army of giant mollusks that emerge from California's Salton Sea. Directed by Arnold Laven, the film starred Tim Holt and Audrey Dalton.
The Monster That Challenged the World was produced by Gramercy Pictures (not related to the former PolyGram division) and released by United Artists. The film is currently available on DVD as part of UA sister Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's Midnight Movies collection.
Synopsis
In the Salton Sea, an underwater earthquake causes a crevice to open, releasing prehistoric giant mollusks. A rescue training parachute jump is conducted, but the patrol boat sent to pick up the jumper finds only a floating parachute. One sailor dives in but disappears. The other sailor screams in terror as something rises from the water.Actors
Tim Holt
(Lt. Cmdr. John 'Twill' Twillinger)
Audrey Dalton
(Gail MacKenzie)
Hans Conried
(Dr. Jess Rogers)
Harlan Warde
(Lt. Robert 'Clem' Clemens)
Max Showalter
(Dr. Tad Johns)
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