# Help ID this movie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 17, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772 "2013-07-17T17:10:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772/1 "2013-07-17T17:10:48Z")

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A young boy finds a monster and wants to raise it. This is in Scotland. Somehow people find out about the monster and a theme park is built. I saw it on cable about 15 years ago. It’s not “The Water Horse.”

Anybody have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772/2 "2013-07-17T19:30:05Z")

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I’ll bet your thinking about _Gorgo_. [Gorgo (1961) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054938/?ref_=sr_1)

The captured creature is discovered to be a baby. Then Mommy shows up.

I liked it because when the mother got the baby back, they both immediately returned to the sea. Sure, London had been stomped Godzilla-style, but she was only looking for her child, and did no further damage once she got what she wanted.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772/3 "2013-07-18T02:14:38Z")

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_Gorgo_ sounds interesting but in mine the “monster” that I remembered is actually a dragon. And I’m having no luck finding out what the movie is.

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**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772/4 "2013-07-18T02:16:48Z")

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And now that I remember it’s a dragon, I could kick myself. The title is [Dragonworld.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109661/)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-movie/663772/5 "2013-07-18T02:47:42Z")

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I’ll try yours if you try mine!😃

_Gorgo_ really is a good movie, especially for an older black and white film. The monster isn’t bad simply because it’s a monster. It only wants it’s baby back.