[AnAmericanAbroad]

In terms of its impact on later works - as well as being an almost universal cultural icon - Honda’s 1954 film ‘Gojira’ certainly left its mark, no doubt about that.

Box-office wise? Probably not so much, but 60 years later, the Big Green Lizard is still with us.

[circlecity]

"Box-office wise? Probably not so much, but 60 years later, the Big Green Lizard is still with us."

So is every other of the big 50's monsters: Vampires, Frankenstien, Wolfman, zombies, etc. etc. And for every Godzilla movie there's been well over a dozen vampire movies. It think giant lizards peaked with "Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster". The shark had been jumped.

[PapaBear3625]

The idea for Godzilla(1954) was derived from the earlier succ3essful movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953).

The Raymond Burr scenes were spliced in later, for the 1956 re-release to the US.