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Richard Carlson has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953
Drama · Horror

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
Dir. William Wyler · With Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright
A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put on display, leading to inevitable mayhem.
Dir. Jim O'Connolly · With James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Dir. Jack Arnold · With Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning

Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up close, he announces that it is a spacecraft, and that it is inhabited...
Dir. Jack Arnold · With Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake

Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Dir. Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton · With Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
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