Creature from the Haunted Sea

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Creature from the Haunted Sea ★★ 1960

Monster movie satire set in Cuba shortly after the revolution and centering around an elaborate plan to loot the Treasury and put the blame on a strange sea monster. Corman comedy is predictably low budget but entertaining. “Wain” is really Robert Towne, winner of an Oscar for screenwriting. Remake of “Naked Paradise.” 76m/B VHS, DVD . Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Beach Dickerson, Edward (Robert Towne) Wain, Edmundo Rivera Alvarez, Robert Bean, Sonya Noemi Gonzalez; Cameos: Roger Corman; D: Roger Corman, Monte Hellman; W: Charles B. Griffith; C: Jacques “Jack” Marquette; M: Fred Katz.

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