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BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Alligator</B></div> <div> <B>(Animal/Toxic/Mutant/Monster)                                     7*******skulls</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>* Blood * * Violent * * Some Strong Language * * No Nudity * * No Sexual Situations ** Gory *</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1980/Color/92 Min./Lightning Video &  /Rated R</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Director................Lewis Teague (Cat's Eye, Cujo, Lady in Red)</B></div> <div> <B>Screenplay.........John Sayles (Eight Men Out)</B></div> <div> <B>Music...................Craig Hundly</B></div> <div> <B>Producer.............Brandon Chase</B></div> <div> <B>Executive Producer.....</B></div> <div> <B>Based on a story by John Sayles & Frank Ray Perilli</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Dramatis Personae</U></B><B>*</B></div> <div> <B>David Madison..Robert Forster (</B><I><B>Lady in Red, Satan's Princess</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Marlee.........Robin Riker (</B><I><B>Body Chemistry 2</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Chief Clark.........Michael Gazzo (</B><I><B>Fingers, The Godfather, Part II)  Slade..........Dean Jagger (Evil Town, Rawhide, The Robe</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Gutchel..............Sidney Lassick (</B><I><B>Silent Madness, The Unseen</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Mayor.................Jack Carter (</B><I><B>The Octagon, Viva Las Vegas</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Kelly....................Perry Lang (</B><I><B>Body and Soul, Spring Break</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Kemp..................Bart Braverman (</B><I><B>Dan Tanner</B></I><B>-TV,</B><I><B> The Gladiator</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Brock..................Henry Silva (</B><I><B>Sharkey's Machine, Foul Play</B></I><B>)</B></div> <div> <B>Helms.................James Ingersoll </B></div> <div> <B>Young Marlee....Leslie Brown</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Critique</B></I><B>: Never, ever would we have thought this one was worth watching. Although the Alligator isn't exactly Bruce of "Jaws" fame, there is enough footage of a real alligator cut in to make it interesting, and its size alone makes the encounters with the population a spectacle worth watching. Nice pace and surprisingly strong acting and writing from beginning to end. Some of the monster shots are great, but some are not and that costs this movie one skull. Monster movie fans will immediately note the parallels to Jaws 3-D but may be surprised to know that this movie predates "Jaws 3-D" by 3 years. Watch for the graffiti in the background for added fun and Bart Braverman as the reporter. He was popular as Dan Tanner's sidekick "Binser" in the late 70's.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Plot Summary</U></B><B>: On a visit to a Florida alligator farm in 1968 a little girl buys a baby alligator. Just as the myth goes, but somewhere in the Midwest, the alligator is flushed down the toilet by the girl's angry father. Twelve years later: What pet store sells a puppy for $14.90 in 1980?  Gutchell's Pet Store does and also supplies dogs to Slade Pharmaceutical for use in experiments. Coincidentally, pieces of gigantic dogs are showing up in the filters of a local sewer treatment plant (a 100 pound Llasa Apso?) Pet store owner Luke Gutchell, who provides the additional service of disposing of the chopped-up dogs in the sewer system, shows up in the sewer himself. Unfortunately for Slade Pharmaceutical, a sharp local detective is put on the case of the mysterious mix of body parts at the treatment center. When a second body turns up, speculation is running rampant with one particularly irritating journalist (Bart Braverman) leading the charge. Headlines read, "Cops seek sewer Psycho!" Phony killers confess and the city is in disarray. When Detective Madison and Officer Kelly investigate the canals that run beneath the city, it isn't long before Madison returns alone. Has Kelly too fallen victim to the slayer? Read the title folks. Not only is the slayer not a slayer, it's 34 feet long. Having lost his second partner in five years, the detective has not only aroused the curiosity of the relentless reporter, but also lost the confidence of his fellow officers. The rumor going around as to what he claims to have seen in the sewer isn't helping on either front. With the discovery of photos of the pest, the rumors become reality for a horrified populace which declares war on the sewer dweller. The Herpetologist on the case, a skeptical know-it-all, isn't helping at all with her conservative advice. Basing their stratagems on the behavior and size of normal alligators, the heroes are in for a long battle, that is, until they bring a dashing big-game hunter into the mix with their beautiful scientist and unethical businessmen, then fire the honest cop. 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