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Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
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19 May 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
A titanic beauty spreads a macabre wave of horror! A terrifying masterpiece of shock and chills! morePlot:
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after cheating husband with revenge on her mind. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Guilty pleasure? No way! I like it and I don't feel guilty! more (41 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Allison Hayes | ... | Nancy Fowler Archer | |
| William Hudson | ... | Harry Archer | |
| Yvette Vickers | ... | Honey Parker | |
| Roy Gordon | ... | Dr. Isaac Cushing | |
| George Douglas | ... | Sheriff Dubbitt | |
| Ken Terrell | ... | Jess Stout | |
| Otto Waldis | ... | Dr. Heinrich Von Loeb | |
| Eileen Stevens | ... | Nurse (as Eileene Stevens) | |
| Michael Ross | ... | Tony the bartender / Space Giant (as Mike Ross) | |
| Frank Chase | ... | Deputy Charlie |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:Approved (PCA #18976)Filming Locations:
Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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This film was made right after the success of Sputnik. The alien spacecraft is called a "satellite" because the writer thought that meant any spherical shaped spacecraft. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the alien ship lands on the road in front of Mrs. Archer, you can clearly see the strings holding it up. moreQuotes:
Harry Archer: I should never have agreed to go back to her once we were separated.Honey Parker: Why did you?
Harry Archer: You know why. I couldn't pry a nickel out of her. That community property routine only works for women! A man hasn't got a chance!
Honey Parker: Unless the wife dies.
[he looks around in shock;]
Honey Parker: I didn't say anything.
Harry Archer: You were thinking it!
Honey Parker: Not the same thing.
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Is there product placement in this movie?How many scream queens are in this movie?
Other films like this are about UFOs and flying saucers, so how come in this movie it's a "satellite"?
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How can you NOT like this film? It's very absurdity makes it an instant classic. What absurdity you ask? Well how about the fact that when the sheriff (George Douglas) and Jess the butler (Ken Terrell) enter the giant's space ship everything is scaled to our size? How about the fact that when the giant (Mike Ross) picks up the sheriff's car it's a station wagon, when he throws it to the ground it's a sedan, and when the sheriff checks the wreckage it's a station wagon again? Or maybe the fact that Alison Hayes height seems to vary from scene to scene; sometimes she's a mere 18 feet tall and in others she is much larger. Did I, or should I?, mention that you can see right through both giants in almost every scene?
And when she reaches through the roof of the bar to pick up her philandering husband (William Hudson, who also went face-to-ankle with THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN a year earlier) why didn't they cut the scene before you saw the doll Alison was picking up had no legs? Should I even mention the fact that this movie is set in California and the deputy (Frank Chase) has a Boston accent ("Hi ya Mistah Ahhhhcha!")?
You can spot Ken Terrell doing stunts in most of the Republic serials during the 40's. Roy Gordon (Dr. Cushing) appeared in THE WASP WOMAN in 1959, Yvette Vickers (Honey Parker) had a run-in with giant bloodsuckers in ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES. And Alison Hayes . . .ah, she was my dream girl when I was growing up.
Let the sourpusses deride this film, I think it's great fun. Don't waste your time with the remake, THIS is the one to catch.