It Came from Beneath the Sea

It Came from Beneath the Sea movie poster.

Movie (1955)

Starring:
Kenneth Tobey (Commander Pete Matthews)
Faith Domergue (Prof. Lesley Joyce)
Donald Curtis (Dr. John Carter)
Ian Keith (Admiral Burns)
Dean Maddox, Jr. (Admiral Norman)
Chuck Griffiths (Lt. Griff)

A giant radioactive octopus terrorizes the Pacific, ultimately attacking San Francisco.

Martin PBM-5 Mariner

Used to search for the survivors of a ship the octopus destroyed. Later, the same plane or one like it is used to search for the octopus in San Francisco Bay.

Beechcraft B35 Bonanza

Sure ! Not the Mariner cockpit !

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom

Several are shown taking off from an aircraft carrier to search for the octopus.

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom of the US Navy.

McDonnell FH-1 Phantom of the US Navy on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42).

Sikorsky HOS-1

Seen taking off from an aircraft carrier to search for the octopus.

Republic F-84G Thunderjet

Seen searching for the octopus.

Boeing B-47B Stratojet

Flies Pete and Lesley from San Francisco to Astoria to investigate a possible sighting of the octopus.

Hiller HTE-2

Flies John to an airfield near the Golden Gate Bridge. Same helicopter later joins a Sikorsky HO3S-1 in performing observational duties during the octopus' attack on the city. It crashes into one of the octopus' tentacles and is destroyed.