Alligator

It lives 50 feet beneath the city. It's 36 feet long. It weighs 2,000 pounds...And it's about to break out!

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Podcast Release Date:
Mar 06, 2026

Alligator Series Episode 1

Ramon In The Dark

Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) follows a trail of body parts back to the Alligator his herpetologist girlfriend flushed down the toilet 12 years ago. Is the reptile unstoppable now that its steady diet of dogs treated with experimental growth hormone left it supersized and ravenous?  And where can the public go that’s safe once the creature starts popping up in swimming pools, weddings, and even a neighborhood baseball game?  Find out if Arnie, Stuart, and Brock have an appetite for this 1980 drive-in favorite when you Donate to support Now Playing Podcast!

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Movie Details

Series
Alligator
Director
Lewis Teague
Runtime
1 h 31 min
Release Date
14 November 1980
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Overview
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.

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