If you want some guide of why Roger Corman made a reputation whereas so many of his fellow 50s schlockmeisters didn't, compare this with its double bill companion piece, Corman's The Day the World Ended. They were made for ARC which became AIP, and both films had great James H Nicholson titles and posters but didn't match up.
This is a hard film to get to - there are a couple of attacks in the water but most of the action takes place in various offices with people chatting. The central conflict concerns a scientist whose atomic experimentation caused the creature, and investigating officials.
There's a spy, a trashy 50s starlet, women taking showers and going to the beach, the scientist not appreciating what chaos he's unleashed, a laughably bad monster. It's actually not a bad story, if not very original, but has dreadful handling, dialogue and acting.
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