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Director:
Wesley Barry
Writer:
Jay Simms (writer)
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Release Date:
3 July 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Man's Own Creation! Can He Control Machines That Produce People? more
Plot:
The survivors of a nuclear holocaust fuse man with machine, creating cyborgs to assist in the rebuilding of civilization... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A low-budget gem with strong ties to 1950s sci-fi films. more

Cast

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Don Megowan ... Capt. Kenneth Cragis
Erica Elliott ... Maxine Megan
Don Doolittle ... Dr. Raven
George Milan ... Acto, a clicker
Dudley Manlove ... Lagan, a clicker
Frances McCann ... Esme Cragis Milos
David Cross ... Pax, a clicker
Malcolm Smith ... Court
Richard Vath ... Mark, a clicker
Reid Hammond ... Hart, Chairman of Surveillance Committee
Pat Bradley ... Dr. Moffitt
William Hunter ... Ward, Surveillance Committee Member
Gil Frye ... Orus, a clicker

Alton Tabor ... Kelly's Duplicate

Paul Sheriff ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Revolt of the Humanoids
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Runtime:
75 min | USA:84 min (DVD version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (Certificate #19468)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When the doctor is testing the robotic arm, the space directly under the table is covered (presumably by a box or a panel with a hidden actor). However as the robotic arm is removed from the table, the space beneath it becomes empty and transparent. more
Quotes:
Capt. Kenneth Cragis: How do you apologize to someone for killing them? more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
A low-budget gem with strong ties to 1950s sci-fi films., 2 November 2001
Author: Bruce Cook (brucemcook@windstream.net) from Fayetteville, GA

This one is enjoyable IF the viewer is prepared for the movie's distinctly odd nature and low budget. According to the story, World War III has depleted the Earth's population, but reconstruction efforts are progressing rapidly with the help of a newly developed race of `humanoids' (hairless, green-skinned androids who possess high intelligence and who serve with total faithfulness).

In fact, the androids are so intelligent and sensitive that many people want to have them destroyed, because they fear the androids will overthrow mankind. A few sympathetic humans have sided with the androids -- including the sister of the most outspoken anti-android activist. She actual MARRIES one of the androids. One rebel scientist conspires with the android members of a secret group who strives to perfect the androids and make them even more human.

Shot on a shoestring budget, the sets are fairly simple (although reasonably imaginative), and the acting is sometimes pretty bad. The soundtrack music is a kind o low-rent version of the `Forbidden Planet' tonalities. Oddly enough, all these apparent flaws somehow endear it to the more forgiving viewers, perhaps because the film works so hard to put across some very strange and imaginative concepts, including a nifty little surprise ending.

Watch for several recognizable props and costumes from classic science fiction movies, such as the glass tubes and the gray, one-piece uniforms from `This Island Earth'. One of the `early prototype robots' seen during the film's opening prologue is actually one of the armored alien space suits from `Earth versus the Flying Saucers' -- and it was spray painted silver!

There was, a few years ago, a prerecorded tape of this little gem available for rent at video stores. It you can find one, you're lucky. It's a nutty little cult classic from a by-gone age.

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