The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

A team of scientists headed by an unstable researcher (Jeff Morrow) travel through the Florida Everglades in search of the gill man who had escaped from an oceanarium. The third and final entry in the CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954) franchise following 1955's REVENGE OF THE CREATURE although, unlike the other two, it was not filmed in 3D. Although a horror film, there's no horror in it unless you count the mistreatment of the gill man who is quite a sympathetic creature here. The real "monster" is the cold hearted and abusive doctor played by Jeff Morrow, who even his wife (Leigh Snowden) can't love. Also notable for the genre, there are no romantic leads. The scientist hunk (Rex Reason) is sympathetic to the wife and yes, perhaps attracted to her but that's it. But it's a solid piece of horror/sci-fi and a fitting end (although the ending suggests a possible sequel that never came) to the CREATURE trilogy. Directed by Jack Arnold's (who directed the first two films) assistant John Sherwood in his directorial debut. With Gregg Palmer and Maurice Manson.