Alligator (1980)

11/14/1980 (US) • Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller • 1h 31m

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.

Alligator (1980)

11/14/1980 (US) • 1h 31m

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

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.

Top Billed Cast

Robert Forster

David

Robin Riker

Marisa

Michael V. Gazzo

Chief Clark

Dean Jagger

Slade

Sydney Lassick

Gutchel

Jack Carter

Mayor

Perry Lang

Kelly

Henry Silva

Brock

Bart Braverman

Kemp

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Part of the Alligator Collection

Includes Alligator, Alligator 2: The Mutation

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,500,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

hunter

mutation

underwear

alligator

toxic

creature

briefs

scientist

sewer

child eaten

timebomb

reptile

psychotronic

pets

animal horror

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