Alligator 1980

Name: Alligator
Released: 1980-07-02
Cast: Robert Forster, Robin Riker, Michael V. Gazzo, Dean Jagger, Sydney Lassick

Synopsis:

A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.

Directed by:	Lewis Teague
Written by:	John Sayles
Release date:	1980-07-02
Runtime:	91 minutes
Critics score:	67 / 100
Tagline:	It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!
Related titles:	Alligator II: The Mutation 1991