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.
Sally Hawkins
as Elisa Esposito
Michael Shannon
as Richard Strickland
Richard Jenkins
as Giles
Octavia Spencer
as Zelda Fuller
Michael Stuhlbarg
as Dr. Robert Hoffstetler
Doug Jones
as Amphibian Man
David Hewlett
as Fleming
Nick Searcy
as General Hoyt
Stewart Arnott
as Bernard
Nigel Bennett
as Mihalkov
Lauren Lee Smith
as Elaine Strickland
Martin Roach
as Brewster Fuller
