The Cyclops

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The Cyclops (1957, USA) is a Science Fiction film directed by Bert I. Gordon

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Main Details

  • Released in 1957
  • B &W
  • Running time: 75 minutes
  • Production Co: B & H Productions, Inc.
  • Distribution Co: Allied Artists
  • Written and Directed by Bert I. Gordon
  • Starring: James Craig, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney Jr.
  • Music by Albert Glasser
  • Cinematography by Ira H. Morgan
  • Edited by Carlo Lodato

Plot Summary

  • An expedition to Mexico finds and does battle with a mutated 25-foot man with one big eye.

Taglines

  • DOUBLE HORROR BILL of ARCH FIENDS! (original ad - all caps; co-feature of "Daughter of Dr. Jekyll")
  • 50 FT. HIGH MAN-THING in a land of NATURE GONE MAD! (original ad - mostly caps)
  • SEE ONE-EYED CYCLOPS -- BEASTS HUGE AS DINOSAURS -- PYTHONS 75 FT. LONG
  • It was a monster - yet it was a man!
  • You'll hardly believe what your eyes see!
  • The man-thing huge as a dinosaur in a horrendous land of nature gone bad!
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