Alligator (1980) - It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!

Alligator

It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
( Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller )

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 91 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Nov 14, 1980 [USA]

Director:	Lewis Teague [Director]

Writers:	Frank Ray Perilli [Story] John Sayles [Screenplay] John Sayles [Story]

Producers:	Robert S. Bremson [Executive Producer] Brandon Chase [Producer] Tom Jacobson [Associate Producer] Mark L. Rosen [Producer]

Cinematography:	Joseph Mangine [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Larry Bock [Editor] Ron Medico [Editor]

Music Composed by	Craig Huxley [Original Music Composer]

Casting by	Geno Havens [Casting] Lori Rabin [Casting]

Production Company:	Alligator Inc

Plot Summary:

A pet baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives in the city sewers. Twelve years later, it grows to an enormous size thanks to a diet of discarded laboratory dogs injected with growth hormones. Now, humans have entered the menu.

Cast:

Robert Forster David Robin Riker Marisa Michael V. Gazzo Chief Clark Dean Jagger Slade Sydney Lassick Gutchel Jack Carter Mayor Perry Lang Kelly Henry Silva Brock Bart Braverman Kemp John Lisbon Wood Mad Bomber James Ingersoll Helms Robert Doyle Bill Patti Jerome Madeline Angel Tompkins Newswoman Sue Lyon ABC Newswoman Leslie Brown Young Marisa Buckley Norris Bob Royce D. Applegate Callan Tom Kindle Announcer Jim Brockett Gator Wrestler Simmy Bow Seedy Jim Boeke Shamsky Stan Haze Meyer James Arone Sloan Peter Miller Sgt. Rice Pat Petersen Joey Micole Mercurio Joey's Mother		Frederick Long Sparks Ed Brodow Ross Larry Margo Stanley Philip Luther Purdy John F. Goff Ashe Elizabeth Halsey Policewoman Barry Chase Policeman 1 Richard Partlow Policeman 2 Jerado Decordovier Gator Vendor 1 Dick Richards Gator Vendor 2 Vincent De Stefano Gator Vendor 3 JoJo D'Amore Gator Vendor 4 Bella Bruck Dot Kendall Carly Browne Ann Danny Baseda Radioman Tink Williams Hector Corkey Ford Chi Chi Charles R. Penland Tyrone Anita Keith Old Lady Mike Mazurki Gatekeeper Margaret Muse Society Matron Michael Misita Reporter 1 Harold Greene Reporter 2 Jim Alquist Reporter 3 Margie Platt Bride Nike Zachmanoglou Maid at Party Gloria Morrison Woman at Bar-B-Que

Uncredited Cast:

Robert Hammond Wedding Guest (uncredited) Kane Hodder Alligator (uncredited)		Dana MacDuff Punk (uncredited) Amy Panter Party Guest (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Bruce Paul Barbour Stunts Michael Cassidy Stunts Dottie Catching Stunts Roger Creed Stunts Kenny Endoso Stunts Diamond Farnsworth Stunts Dale E. House Stunts Conrad E. Palmisano Stunt Coordinator		Bobby Sargent Stunts Rick Seaman Stunts Peter Stader Stunts Tom Steele Stunts Jack Tyree Stunts Cindy Wills Stunts Harry Wowchuk Stunts

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Richard O. Helmer Special Effects Coordinator

Art Department:

Michael Erler Art Direction		Cyd Smyllie Set Decoration

Directing Crew:

Miller Drake Second Unit Director Lisa Marmon Second Assistant Director		Paul Stader Second Unit Director Jerram A. Swartz Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Hanania Baer Second Unit Director of Photography Jack Cooperman Underwater Camera Tony Cunha Still Photographer Sam Gart First Assistant Camera Ron McCausland Key Grip		David Schmier Camera Operator Peter Smokler Second Unit Director of Photography Thomas Vanghele Second Assistant Camera Moshe Yakobovesky Gaffer

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