The Amazing Colossal Man

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The Amazing Colossal Man (1957, USA) is a Science Fiction film directed by Bert I. Gordon. It is followed by War of the Colossal Beast.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1957 | B & W
  • Running Time: 80 Min.
  • Production Co: Malibu Productions
  • Distribution Co: American International Pictures (AIP) (1957) (USA) (theatrical) | Astral Films (1957) (Canada) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Bert I. Gordon
  • Written by Mark Hanna, Bert I. Gordon, George Worthing Yates
  • Starring Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, James Seay
  • Produced by Samuel Z. Arkoff, Bert I. Gordon, James H. Nicholson
  • Original Music by Albert Glasser
  • Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
  • Film Editing by Ronald Sinclair

Plot Summary

  • A military officer survives a nuclear blast, only to begin to uncontrollably grow into an increasingly unstable giant.


Also Known As

  • El Asombro hombre creciente (Spain)
  • Le Fantastique homme colosse (France)
  • El Gigante ataca (Spain)
  • I Giganti invadono la Terra (Italy)
  • Der Koloss (Germany)
  • Monstret från Nevada (Sweden)
  • The Amazing Nth Man (USA) (working title)
  • Zdumiewajaco kolosalny czlowiek (Poland)

Taglines

  • Not even the U.S. Army can keep her away from the man she loved--but only the U.S. Army can save her from the monster he became!
  • A Seventy Foot Giant Is Terrorizing Las Vegas...
  • NEVER SINCE "KING KONG" SUCH A MIGHTY MOTION PICTURE!
  • Savage Giant on a Blood-Mad Rampage!
  • Growing...! Growing...! Growing...! To a Giant! to a Monster! When will it stop?
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