"Godzilla" (1954) - the Americanized version, starring Raymond Burr, is OK, but the full Japanese original ("Gojira") is better. Made only nine years after Japan was subjected to atomic warfare this anti-nuclear flick is damned good.
Absolutely right! Historical note on the anti-nuke content of "Gojira":
The movie was started soon after the US tested "Castle Bravo," at 15 megatons the largest H-bomb ever detonated by America in the atmosphere. A Japanese fishing boat strayed into the Pacific test area undetected. The crew was showered with radioactive debris. When it returned to Japan, all the crewmen were sick, and one died. The situation wasn't helped when Lewis Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, held a press conference and said the boat was "a Soviet spy trawler--they got what they deserved." Huge riots ensued in Japan--and the movie was made.
