Alligator
1980 · Movie · 1h 31m · R
HorrorScience FictionThriller
"It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!"
Overview
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
Metacritic
62/100
Key crew
- Lewis TeagueDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Craig HuxleyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert ForsterDavid
- Robin RikerMarisa
- Michael V. GazzoChief Clark
- Dean JaggerSlade
- Sydney LassickGutchel
- Jack CarterMayor
- Perry LangKelly
- Henry SilvaBrock
- Bart BravermanKemp
- John Lisbon WoodMad Bomber
- James IngersollHelms
- Robert DoyleBill
Stills
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Themes
huntermutationunderwearalligatortoxiccreaturebriefsscientistsewerchild eatentimebombreptile