Cast:
Professor Clete Ferguson         John Agar
Helen Dobson                     Lori Nelson
Joseph Hayes                     John Bromfield 
Captain Lucas                    Nestor Paiva
Jackson Foster                   Grandon Rhodes
Lou Gibson                       Dave Willock
George Johnson                   Robert Williams
Police Captain                   Charles R. Cane 
Woman on Boat                    Loretta Agar
Gill Man (underwater)            Ricou Browning  
Pat, teen killed by Gill-man     Patrick Curtis  
Miss Abbott, chimp trainer       Diana DeLaire  
Cop                              Mike Doyle  
Jennings, lab technician         Clint Eastwood  
Skipper                          Jack Gargan  
Cop                              Charles Gibb  
Pete (killed by Gill-man)        Bret Halsey 
Mac, a professor                 Don C. Harvey
Gill Man (on land)               Tom Hennesy  
Bit                              Don House  
Charlie                          Robert F. Hoy  
Newscaster                       Ned Le Fevre 
Announcer                        Sydney Mason  
Dr. McCuller                     Robert Nelson  
Cop                              Charles Victor  
Joe (with searchlight            Bob Wehling  
  

Directed by Jack Arnold; Screenplay by William Alland (story) and Martin Berkeley; Produced by William Alland; Music by William Lava, Henry Mancini, Milton Rosen, Hans J. Salter, Frank Skinner and Herman Stein; Cinematography by Charles S. Welbourne; Film Edited by Paul Weatherwax; Art Direction by Alexander Golitzen and Alfred Sweeney; Set Decoration by Russell A. Gausman and Julia Heron; Hair stylist: Joan St. Oegger; Makeup by Bud Westmore; Assistant Director: Fred Frank; Sound by Jack A. Bolger Jr. and Leslie I. Carey; Musical director: Joseph Gershenson; Creature design by Jack Kevan and Milicent Patrick; Gown supervisor: Jay A. Morley Jr.; Production dates: late June - early August 1954; Premiered March 29, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan and New Haven, Connecticut; Los Angeles opening: March 30, 1955; New York opening: May 13, 1955; Released in May, 1955. Running time: 82 Minutes. A Universal-International Picture.

The story: A murderous creature, half-man and half-fish, leads George Johnson and Joe Hayes to the Black Lagoon in the Amazon jungle. Johnson is owner and Joe is chief attendant at Ocean Harbor, a Florida establishment which exhibits all forms of marine life.
The two Americans succeed in capturing the creature alive after the monster has almost killed Joe. The creature is taken back to Ocean Harbor and is put on exhibition in a special tank.
Clete Ferguson, a young professor of animal psychology, and Helen Dobson, a graduate of icthology, view the monster. Helen assists Clete in experiments he conducts to ascertain the creature's mental capacity. A romance develops between the young couple.
The creature tugs ceaselessly at its chains, and one day, a link breaks, and it is free. Joe and another attendant are crushed and clawed to death. The monster disappears in the nearby river.
The creature eludes all pursuers even while he manages to remain constantly in the vacinity of Helen, who is unaware of her danger.
One evening when she is dancing with Clete in a Florida night club, the creature emerges from the water, invades the cafe, picks up Helen and makes off with her.
The creature is cornered on a nearby beach. Clete manages to get the monster to drop Helen on the sand and make for the water. The assembled hunters, who've been withholding their fire for fear of hitting Helen, then let loose with a veritable barrage, but the monster, though wounded, succeeds in reaching the water and diving down deep.

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