Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

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Steve Martin: The menace was gone... so was a great man. But the whole world can wake up and live again.

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Dr. Kyohei Yamane: They are so wrong. Godzilla should not be destroyed, he should be studied.

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Steve Martin: I'm afraid my Japanese is a little rusty.

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Al C. Ward, who later wrote the entire 171-episode run of "Medical Center," was given a choice of $2500 up front to write the American scenes for "Godzilla" or five percent of the profits. Ward, thinking the movie would bomb, second-guessed himself and took the money. He later admitted to telling students of his college movie writing classes that he always regretted the decision. It was estimated he could have raked in $5 million in his lifetime from residuals.
Akihiko Hirata, who played Dr. Serizawa, wore the same eye patch in Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster and Atragon.
The working title for the American version before the "King of Monsters" was added was "Godzilla, the Sea Monster".
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