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A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...
George Douglas
- Official
- (uncredited)
Roy Engel
- Police Inspector
- (uncredited)
Sam Harris
- Man at Funeral Service
- (uncredited)
Larry Kerr
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Harold Miller
- Airport Accident Extra
- (uncredited)
Dick Nelson
- Charles - Chauffeur-Butler
- (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Court Shepard
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
- Airline Pilot
- (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
- Airport Accident Extra
- (uncredited)
Max Trumpower
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe Colossus costume was eight feet tall, weighed 160 pounds and was made from burlap, plastic, rubber and fine chicken wire. Inside, there were batteries, cables, air tanks and oxygen tubes.
- GoofsWhen Jeremy (the Colossus) crashes through the glass wall at the end of the movie, the very next scene there is a woman lying on the floor and the man to the left of her looks down at her. In the scene following, the Colossus starts shooting eye beams. The eye beam then hits the woman, now standing, and she falls to the floor, in the same position.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits text rises out of New York harbor, as its reflection on the water sinks to the bottom of the screen.
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Stop bashing this film...if you weren't 'there'....
Along with a few others, I too, must chime in with my 'thumbs up' opinion of this lost classic. I was fortunate to see nearly ALL of the horror/sci-fi 'Classics' in theaters during the 50's binge..when there was a new double feature nearly every other week.
This one, stands quite a bit above all the others. The creep factor is high and it has some truly haunting moments. The piano score just adds to the muted terror. Cheap? Yep. But I think that adds to the atmosphere.
Sure, I was a 'kid' when I saw all of these back then, but only a handful of these films were 'great'. 'Colossus' is hands-down one of the best of that era. If you watch it in the proper context, I'm sure you will agree.
This one, stands quite a bit above all the others. The creep factor is high and it has some truly haunting moments. The piano score just adds to the muted terror. Cheap? Yep. But I think that adds to the atmosphere.
Sure, I was a 'kid' when I saw all of these back then, but only a handful of these films were 'great'. 'Colossus' is hands-down one of the best of that era. If you watch it in the proper context, I'm sure you will agree.
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- Der Koloss von New York
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was The Colossus of New York (1958) officially released in Canada in English?
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