An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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Sally Hawkins | Elisa Esposito |
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Michael Shannon | Richard Strickland |
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Richard Jenkins | Giles |
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Octavia Spencer | Zelda Fuller |
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Michael Stuhlbarg | Dr. Robert Hoffstetler |
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Doug Jones | Amphibian Man |
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David Hewlett | Fleming |
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Nick Searcy | General Hoyt |
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Stewart Arnott | Bernard |
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Nigel Bennett | Mihalkov |
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Lauren Lee Smith | Elaine Strickland |
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Martin Roach | Brewster Fuller |
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Allegra Fulton | Yolanda |
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John Kapelos | Mr. Arzoumanian |
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Morgan Kelly | Pie Guy |
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Marvin Kaye | Burly Russian |
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Dru Viergever | Military Policeman |
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Wendy Lyon | Sally (Secretary) |
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Cody Ray Thompson | Guard |
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Diego Fuentes | Worker |
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Madison Ferguson | Tammy Strickland |
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Jayden Greig | Timmy Strickland |
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Karen Glave | African American Wife |
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Danny Waugh | African American Husband |
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Dan Lett | Cadillac Salesman |
Director | Guillermo del Toro |
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Writer | Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor | |
Producer | J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro, T.K. Knowles, Daniel Kraus, John O'Grady, Chuck Ryant | |
Musician | Alexandre Desplat | |
Photography | Dan Laustsen |