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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)
- Director
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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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The second-best movie from the 1950s.
Paramount produced this fascinating, low-budget gem in 1958 and release it with a second feature which was tailor-made to go with it (see `The Space Children'). They played together at drive-in theaters nation wide, and thousand of kids like me watched them both in wide-eyed wonder.
Young viewers (15 to 25 years old) who watch either of these films today tend to totally miss the point. `The Colossus of New York' is an admirable and well-crafted exploration of concepts that were years ahead of their time: ideas like sensory deprivation, organ transplants, psychic powers, and others. This movie is NOT simply a Frankenstein rehash (as several misguided reviewers have claimed).
The story is about a noble, humanitarian genius whose brain is placed in an unfeeling robot body. The film invites the viewer to ponder what makes each of us the sensitive and compassionate person we are (or should be).
If `The Colossus of New York' seems hockey and corny to you, remember that it was designed for an audience -- and a culture -- that existed almost half a century ago. If you have the maturity and the intelligence to translate this message from a by-gone age, you'll benefit from your efforts.
If not . . . well, it's your loss.
Young viewers (15 to 25 years old) who watch either of these films today tend to totally miss the point. `The Colossus of New York' is an admirable and well-crafted exploration of concepts that were years ahead of their time: ideas like sensory deprivation, organ transplants, psychic powers, and others. This movie is NOT simply a Frankenstein rehash (as several misguided reviewers have claimed).
The story is about a noble, humanitarian genius whose brain is placed in an unfeeling robot body. The film invites the viewer to ponder what makes each of us the sensitive and compassionate person we are (or should be).
If `The Colossus of New York' seems hockey and corny to you, remember that it was designed for an audience -- and a culture -- that existed almost half a century ago. If you have the maturity and the intelligence to translate this message from a by-gone age, you'll benefit from your efforts.
If not . . . well, it's your loss.
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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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