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Gorgo
UK 1961
produced by Wilfred Eades, Herman King, Frank King (executive), Maurice King (executive) for King Brothers
directed by Eugene Lourié
starring Bill Travers, William Sylvester, Vincent Winter, Christopher Rhodes, Joseph O'Conor, Bruce Seton, Martin Benson, Maurice Kaufmann, Basil Dignam, Barry Keegan, Tommy Duggan, Howard Lang, Dervis Ward, John Breslin, Nigel Green, Harvey Hall
written by John Loring (= Robert L.Richards), Daniel Hyatt (= David James), music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, special effects by Tom Howard
review by Mike Haberfelner
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On some Irish island, sailors/divers/adventurers Joe (Bill Travers) and
Sam (William Sylvester) discover a dinosaur - and decide to bring it to
London and sell it to Dorkin's (Martin Benson) circus. Two Irish
professors (Bruce Seton, Joseph O'Conor) warn them that the dinosaur, now
called Gorgo, is yet far from full-grown, and it might have a parent
swimming around somewhere looking for it, but our heroes think the
professors are just jealous because they took the dinosaur to London and
not to Ireland - until a giant dinosaur makes its way to London, cannot be
stopped by the military, destroys most historic landmarks - and only
settles down when it has found little Gorgo. Then the two make their way
back to the open sea again. The British answer to the Japanese Godzilla
series - which back in 1961 was only 2 films strong - is pretty much what
you'd expect from it: A man in a dinosaur rubber suit running through
miniature London and destroying most of it ... and as such, the film is
pretty good. While the dinosaur suit might be less than convincing, the
miniatures are great, the scenes of destruction well-made and fun, and
most back-projections are actually kind of convincing (often a weak point
in movies of that ilk) ... and even the actors are good. Of course, if you
don't like giant monster movies, Gorgo will not impress you, but if
you're a trashmovie fan looking for some old-fashioned mayhem, this one
will surely entertain you.
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Robots and rats,
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