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!
91 min
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.
- Release date
- November 14, 1980
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,500,000
Trailer
Cast
- Robert Forster as David Madison
- Robin Riker as Marisa Kendall
- Michael V. Gazzo as Chief Clark
- Dean Jagger as Slade
- Sydney Lassick as Luke Gutchel
- Jack Carter as Mayor
- Perry Lang as Officer Jim Kelly
- Henry Silva as Col. Brock
- Bart Braverman as Kemp
- John Lisbon Wood as Mad Bomber
Crew
- Lewis Teague · Director
- John Sayles · Writer
- Frank Ray Perilli · Writer
- Brandon Chase · Producer
- Mark L. Rosen · Producer
- Craig Huxley · Composer
- Joseph Mangine · Cinematographer
- Larry Bock · Editor
- Ron Medico · Editor
- Geno Havens · Casting director
- Lori Rabin · Casting director