Plot
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
Cast
Sally Hawkins
Elisa Esposito
Michael Shannon
Richard Strickland
Richard Jenkins
Giles
Octavia Spencer
Zelda Fuller
Michael Stuhlbarg
Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Doug Jones
Amphibian Man
David Hewlett
Fleming
Nick Searcy
General Hoyt
Stewart Arnott
Bernard
Nigel Bennett
Mihalkov
Lauren Lee Smith
Elaine Strickland
Martin Roach
Brewster Fuller
Crew
Guillermo del Toro
Producer
Vanessa Taylor
Screenplay
J. Miles Dale
Producer
Alexandre Desplat
Original Music Composer
Guillermo del Toro
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay
Dan Laustsen
Director of Photography
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