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Where was Alligator filmed?

1982 film, directed by Lewis Teague.

  • Los Angeles

The story is set in Chicago, about 1,742 miles (2,804 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Chicago
Filmed in
Los Angeles
Distance
About 1,742 miles (2,804 km) between Chicago and the nearest filming location.
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About Alligator

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Released
1982
Director
Lewis Teague
Cast
Robert ForsterRobin RikerMichael V. GazzoDean JaggerSydney LassickAngel TompkinsPerry LangHenry SilvaSue LyonDick Richards
Genre
MonsterComedy HorrorScience FictionDramaScience Fiction Horror

When the family returns home to Missouri, the girl's surly, animal-phobic father promptly flushes it down the toilet and into the city's sewers.

These animals had been used as test subjects for an experimental growth formula intended to increase agricultural livestock meat production.

Louis, has gained a reputation for being lethally unlucky for his assigned partners.

Famous lines from Alligator

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  • Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary; republished as The Devil's Dictionary.Alligator

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