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Alligator

It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!

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A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
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Language
English
Part of Alligator Collection · 2 films
  • hunter
  • mutation
  • underwear
  • alligator
  • toxic
  • creature
  • briefs
  • scientist
  • sewer
  • child eaten
  • timebomb
  • reptile

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Lewis Teague

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR14 Nov 1980
    • PhysicalRDVD18 Sept 2007
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical15Originally AA11 Feb 1982
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical22 Jan 1981
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical15 Oct 1981
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical12+11 Feb 1993
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical167 May 1981
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical25 Apr 1981
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1627 May 1981
    • Physical16DVD19 Dec 2000
  • ThailandTH

    • Theatrical4 Feb 1981

Frequently asked questions

Alligator was released on 14 November 1980.

Audience reviews

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    Gimly

    2/14/2018

    7/10

    Genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. The best giant croc (Well I mean, it's an alligator, but in terms of what you can do with them in a horror movie, they're really the same thing) creature feature I've seen since _Rogue_. I wish someone was still making movies like this. _Final rating:★★★½ - I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

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    Wuchak

    7/9/2018

    6/10

    **_An oversized alligator from the sewers of Chicago breaks loose_** A baby alligator is flushed down the toilet in Chicago and mutates to great size from eating chemically contaminated dog carcasses in the sewers. A policeman (Robert Forster) and a beautiful reptile expert (Robin Riker) team-up to track down the beast when it escapes the sewers and preys on citizens. “Alligator” (1980) is kind of boring for th…

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    John Chard

    4/13/2020

    6/10

    It's snappy. After an irate father flushes down the toilet his daughter's baby alligator, the creature feeds on dumped animals that have been tested with a growth hormone. Thus the gator grows into a 36 foot long monster that promptly terrorises Chicago. With a rather witty John Sayles script, tidy effects work and Lewis Teague's knowingly "B" movie direction, Alligator turns out to be one of the better post Ja…

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    JPV852

    3/2/2022

    6/10

    Not great but semi-entertaining monster-horror film has its moments and like seeing Robert Forster in the lead. Some of the effects were on the goofy side when it came to the alligator but still for its time I thought it was alright. **3.0/5**

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    The Movie Mob

    11/27/2022

    4/10

    **Alligator didn't win any awards, and it shouldn't have. It's so bad, but it might just win your heart if you give it a shot.** Another creature feature with no money, horrible acting, and terrible dialogue that is a lot of fun if you treat it differently than an Oscar contender. Sure, it's a piece of garbage, literally. The alligator got flushed down the toilet ending up in the sewer along with some experimental…

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