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5.4/10   232 votes
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Director:
Eugène Lourié
Writers:
Willis Goldbeck (story)
Thelma Schnee (writer)
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Release Date:
June 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Towering above the skyline ~ an indestructible creature whose eyes rain death and destruction!
Plot:
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User Comments:
Underappreciated but Memorable Cult Classic! more

Cast

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John Baragrey ... Dr. Henry Spensser

Mala Powers ... Anne Spensser

Otto Kruger ... Dr. William Spensser
Robert Hutton ... Dr. John Robert Carrington
Ross Martin ... Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser
Charles Herbert ... Billy Spensser
Ed Wolff ... The Colossus
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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated

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Continuity: When 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. more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Underappreciated but Memorable Cult Classic!, 7 April 2000
Author: John Cassidy (ryuuseipro@comcast.net) from Richmond, VA

Contrary to what some critics and viewers may say, THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK was actually quite dark and atmospheric! This was an exemplary modern-day take on the "Frankenstein's Monster" theme! The performances were well-done, the solo-piano music by Van Cleave was brilliant, and the Colossus itself was actually well created for its time. Even the climax, no matter how "cliched" by today's standard, is still poignant.

I definitely reccommend this movie! I think it deserves to be on DVD as well!

-John Cassidy

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