Alligator
“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.
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2 films
Cast
58 people
Robert Forster
David
Known for
Mulholland Drive
Jackie Brown
Robin Riker
Marisa
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Read It and Weep
Don't Look Under the Bed
Michael V. Gazzo
Chief Clark
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The Godfather Part II
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
Dean Jagger
Slade
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Game of Death
Vanishing Point
Sydney Lassick
Gutchel
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Carrie
Jack Carter
Mayor
Known for
Play It to the Bone
Mercy
Perry Lang
Kelly
Known for
Spring Break
Jennifer Eight
Henry Silva
Brock
Known for
Above the Law
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Bart Braverman
Kemp
Known for
20 Million Miles to Earth
Automan
John Lisbon Wood
Mad Bomber
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Darkman
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
James Ingersoll
Helms
Known for
Olympus Has Fallen
Captain America
Robert Doyle
Bill
Also in
The Outer Limits
The Forgotten Man
Lewis Teague Director · John Sayles Screenplay Frank Ray Perilli Story
Worldwide gross $6.5M · Budget $1.5M · United States release November 14, 1980
Box office
Budget
$1,500,000
Worldwide gross
$6,459,000
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Alligator Inc
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 14, 1980
Theatrical
United States · September 18, 2007
Physical · DVD
Argentina
October 15, 1981 · Theatrical
Australia
January 22, 1981 · Theatrical
Czechia
February 11, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
May 7, 1981 · Theatrical
Japan
April 25, 1981 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 27, 1981 · Theatrical
December 19, 2000 · Physical · DVD
Thailand
February 4, 1981 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 11, 1982 · Theatrical · Originally AA
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