BIBFRAME Work

Title

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Type

• Moving Image
• Monograph

Contribution

• Arnold, Jack, 1916-1992 (film director)
• Universal Studios, Inc (publisher)
• Denning, Richard, 1914-1998 (actor)
• Adams, Julie, 1926-2019 (actor)
• Studio Distribution Services (Firm) (film distributor)
• Carlson, Richard, 1912-1977 (actor)
• Moreno, Antonio, 1887-1967 (actor)
• Essex, Harry J., 1910-1997 (screenwriter)
• Ross, Arthur (Arthur A.) (screenwriter)
• Universal Pictures Company (production company)
• Alland, William, 1916-1997 (film producer)

Subject

• Lagoons (LCSH)
• Ichthyologists (LCSH)
• Amazon River Region (LCSH)
• Missing link (LCSH)
• Archaeologists (LCSH)
• Monsters (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Horror films (LCGFT)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired (LCGFT)
• Fiction films (LCGFT)
• Feature films (LCGFT)
• Motion pictures (LCGFT)
• Monster films (LCGFT)

Language

• German
• Italian
• eng
• French

Classification

LCC: DVE 8636 (viewing copy) (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)

Content

• two-dimensional moving image

Note

• Cast: Julie Adams, Antonio Moreno, Richard Denning, Richard Carlson.
• English, French, German or Italian dialogue; Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish or Swedish subtitles.

Summary

The mythical story of a dangerous half-human, half-fish creature lurking in the depths of the Amazon. After discovering a unique prehistoric claw fossil on an expedition deep in the jungle, archaeologists investigates its origins which lead them directly to a mysterious creature.

Origin Date(s)

1954

Authorized Access Point

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Moving image technique

• live action

Duration

PT1H20M

Geographic Coverage

• Amazon River

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30T17:46:21.521708+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23717618

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-30
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc