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Directed by Ishiro Honda

Godzilla, King of the Monsters

1h 21m

Directed by Ishiro Honda and Terry O. Morse • 1956 • United States
Starring Raymond Burr, Frank Iwanaga, Akira Takarada

This 1956 feature film, codirected and edited by Terry Morse, is the famous American reworking of the original GODZILLA. It combines footage from the original 1954 production with new material staring Western actors, including Raymond Burr as reporter Steve Martin.

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