Directed by:
Ovidio G. AssonitisCinematography:
Roberto D'Ettorre PiazzoliComposer:
Stelvio CiprianiCast:
John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Claude Akins, Sherry Buchanan, Delia Boccardo, Helena Mäkelä, Marc Fiorini (more)Plots(1)
A prehistoric octopus of monstrous proportions, stirred from its sleep in the North Sea by underwater explosions, migrates to the U.S. Gulf Coast and menaces a seaside community. A scientist turns his trained killer whales against the octopus, and the giant sea creatures battle to the death. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
John Huston
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Shelley Winters
USA
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
An Average Little Man (1977)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Bo Hopkins
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
La Horde sauvage (1969)
The Getaway (1972)
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Cesare Danova
Italy
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Cleopatra (1963)
Mean Streets (1973)
Claude Akins
USA
Best movies:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Sherry Buchanan
Best movies:
The Heroin Busters (1977)
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
The Last House on the Beach (1978)
Delia Boccardo
Italy
Best movies:
Nostalgia (1983)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Silent Action (1975)
Helena Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
Hysterical (1983)
Stranger in Our House (1978) (TV movie)
Tentacles (1977)
Marc Fiorini
Best movies:
The 13 Chairs (1969)
Jean-Paul II (2005) (TV movie)
Coco Chanel (2008) (TV movie)
Franco Diogene
Italy
Best movies:
Teresa la ladra (1972)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
The Big Blue (1988)
Sherry Buchanan
USA
Best movies:
The Heroin Busters (1977)
What Have They Done to Your Daughters? (1974)
Crawlspace (1986)
Leonard Lightfoot
USA
Best movies:
Cutter's Way (1981)
Virus (1995) (TV movie)
Open House (1987)