The Sea Bat (1930)
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Directors
Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles
Cast
Boris Karloff, Charles Bickford, Edmund Breese, George F. Marion, Gibson Gowland, John Miljan, Mack Swain, Mathilde Comont, Nils Asther, Raquel Torres
The story
A community of sponge divers are harassed by a large and hostile manta ray.
Genres
adventure film, monster film
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