It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
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.
- Harm to children
- Animal harm
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- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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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
Crew
- Lewis TeagueDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Joseph MangineDirector of Photography
- Craig HuxleyOriginal Music Composer
- Larry BockEditor
- Ron MedicoEditor
- Brandon ChaseProducer
- Mark L. RosenProducer
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