Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)

Pete Peterson Jr.: Oh, if only I'd paid my life insurance premium, I'd kill myself.

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Sparks Moran: [narrating] A government agent lives in constant peril. I devised my undetectable radio set using simulated hot dogs for knobs and tubes inside of dill pickles while watching sewer workers during my lunch hour.

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[the monster surfaces next to Renzo's boat]
Sparks Moran: This was it, but there was only one thing a trained representative of the American government could do at a time like this - get out of there!

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The scene of the Cuban military officers saluting as the little boat they are floating in sinks was not planned; it actually began sinking as they were completing the shot. Roger Corman told the actors to stand and salute as the boat sank and filmed every moment, later stating that it 'wasn't very deep' there. He also gave high praise for the Mexican actors that played the officers for taking direction so well.
Shot back-to-back in Puerto Rico with The Last Woman on Earth, using the same cast and crew, but not released until several months afterward.
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