Director Jack Arnold (1916)

The Mouse That Roared (1959), a British satirical comedy film, follows the story of the tiny European Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Facing bankruptcy due to competition from an American company, their sole export of Pinot Grand Fenwick wine is no longer profitable. Desperate for a solution, the clever Prime Minister Count Mountjoy hatches a plan: declare war on the United States and then surrender in order to receive aid and rebuild their economy. Though hesitant at first, Duchess Gloriana agrees to the scheme. The mild-mannered game warden Tully Bascomb is chosen as Field Marshal and is assisted by Sergeant Will Buckley on this bold mission. All of this is based on

Jack Arnold directed Revenge of the Creature (1955), a 3D monster film. After surviving multiple gunshot wounds, the Gill-man is taken to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida for further observation. There, animal psychologist Professor Clete Ferguson and ichthyology student Helen Dobson study him. Despite Joe Hayes’s objections, Helen and Clete develop feelings for each other. Unfortunately, this causes obstacles for Clete’s attempts to communicate with the Gill-man, who seems quite taken with Helen. In the end, the Gill-man breaks free from his tank and fatally injures ...

The American black-and-white 3D monster horror film, Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), was produced by William Alland and directed by Jack Arnold. During a geology expedition in the Amazon, a skeletal hand with webbed fingers from the Devonian period is discovered, providing a direct link between land and sea animals. Expedition leader Dr. Carl Maia instructs his two assistants to remain at camp while he visits the marine biology institute. There, he meets up with his friend and former student, ichthyologist Dr. David Reed. After working at an aquarium in California, ...