The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Bert I. Gordon

Writers:

Mark Hanna (screenplay) and
Bert I. Gordon (screenplay)

Release Date:

10 March 1958 (Sweden)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

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!

Plot:

Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast at Camp Desert Rock. Though burned over 90% of his body...

Plot Keywords:

Camp Desert Rock | Giant | Mushroom Cloud | Helicopter | Radiation Induced Growth

Cast

Glenn Langan	...	Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (as Glen Langan)
Cathy Downs	...	Carol Forrest
William Hudson	...	Dr. Paul Linstrom
Larry Thor	...	Maj. Eric Coulter, MD
James Seay	...	Col. Hallock
Frank Jenks	...	Truck Driver
Russ Bender	...	Richard Kingman (as Russell Bender)
Hank Patterson	...	Henry
Jimmy Cross	...	Sergeant at Reception Desk
June Jocelyn	...	Nurse Wilson
Stanley Lachman	...	Lt. Cline
Harry Raybould	...	MP at Main Gate
Jean Moorhead	...	Woman in Bathtub
Scott Peters	...	Sgt. Lee Carter
Myron Cook	...	Capt. Thomas

Also Known As:

The Amazing Nth Man (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:Approved | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Boulder City, Nevada, USA

Company:

Malibu Productions

Trivia:

American International Pictures released this in a double feature with The Cat Girl (1957).

Goofs:

Continuity: When the Sgt. brings Manning his dinner in the tent and Manning takes the platter from him the Sgt. is seen looking at a newspaper but in the next scene he is seen taking the paper out of his pocket and unfolding it.

Quotes:

Manning: I just don't want to grow anymore. I don't want to grow anymore!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

One of Mr BIG's better movies

I have seen The Amazing Colossal Man several times and is one of Mr BIG's better movies.

As a plane crashes just before an atomic test at Camp Desert Rock, Glenn Manning goes to see if there are any survivors despite the danger. The bomb goes off and he gets caught right in the middle of the blast. He suffers 90% burns but doctors are very baffled when they take his bandages off to find him without any scars at all. Gradually, he increases in size and eventually, he goes on the rampage through Las Vagas and kills Major Lindstrom when he injects him with a formula to reduce him in size with the needle. Manning is shot by the Military and falls into the Colorado River but is not dead...

One of the better parts of the movie is where Manning kills the Major with the needle he was going to inject him with.

The cast includes Glenn Langan as Manning and 50's sci-fi regulars Cathy Downs (The She Creature), Russ Bender (It Conquered the World) and James Seay (Killers From Space). Most of the cast are used to fighting giant creatures looking at other sci-fi movies they were in at this time.

Despite the low budget, this movie was fun to watch.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.