The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms is a 1953 English-language Adventure Horror movie written by Lou Morheim, Fred Freiberger, Ray Bradbury, Daniel James, Eugène Lourié and Robert Smith. The movie is directed by Eugène Lourié and Eug Ne Louri and produced by Jack Dietz and Hal E. Chester under the banner of Jack Dietz Productions. As a result of an arctic nuclear test, a carnivorous dinosaur thaws out and starts making its way down the east coast of North America. Professor Tom Nesbitt, only witness to the beast's existence, is not believed, even when he identifies it as a rhedosaurus to paleontologist Thurgood Elson. All doubts disappear, however, when Elson is swallowed whole during an oceanic bathysphere excursion to search for the creature. Soon thereafter the rhedosaurus emerges from the sea and lays waste to Manhattan Island until Nesbitt comes up with a plan to try to stop the mingly indestructible beast. Written by Doug Sederberg. The beast from 20,000 fathoms stars Paul Christian, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Hubschmid, Donald Woods and William Woodson. The screenplay is written by Fred Freiberger, Eug ne Louri , Louis Morheim and Robert Smith which is inspired from The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury. The music was composed by David Buttolph. Cinematography was done by John L. Russell and editing by Bernard W. Burton. The film has a running time of 80 minutes. It was released on 13th June 1953 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $5 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Warner Bros.