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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Grant Williams | ... | Scott Carey | |
| Randy Stuart | ... | Louise Carey | |
| April Kent | ... | Clarice Bruce | |
| Paul Langton | ... | Charlie Carey | |
| Raymond Bailey | ... | Doctor Thomas Silver | |
| William Schallert | ... | Doctor Arthur Bramson | |
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Frank J. Scannell | ... | Barker (as Frank Scannell) |
| Helene Marshall | ... | Nurse | |
| Diana Darrin | ... | Nurse | |
| Billy Curtis | ... | Midget | |
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Storyline
Scott Carey and his wife Louise are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser, the small craft adrift on a calm sea. While his wife is below deck, a low mist passes over him. Scott, lying in the sun, is sprinkled with glittery particles that quickly evaporate. Later he is accidentally sprayed with an insecticide while driving and, in the next few days, he finds that he has begun to shrink. First just a few inches, so that his clothes no longer fit, then a little more. Soon he is only three feet tall, and a national curiosity. At six inches tall he can only live in a doll's house and even that becomes impossible when his cat breaks in. Scott flees to the cellar, his wife thinks he has been eaten by the cat and the door to the cellar is closed, trapping him in the littered room where, menaced by a giant spider, he struggles to survive. Written by alfiehitchie
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Victim of weird mist ! Day by day he shrinks! Science is baffled! Cat becomes monster! Terror at every turn! Deadly spider attacks! Lost in a flood's fury! See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 May 1957 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mr. C See more »Edit
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$750,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Written by Foster Carling and Earl E. Lawrence
Played by Ray Anthony
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Jack Arnold solved the problem of simulating giant drops of falling water by use of a treadmill dropping hundreds of water-filled condoms. See more »Goofs
As Scott is watching the fog approach, his hairstyle changes between shots. See more »Quotes
Scott Carey: The cellar stretched before me like some vast primeval plain, empty of life, littered with the relics of a vanished race. No desert island castaway ever faced so bleak a prospect.See more »
Alternate Versions
When originally released theatrically in the UK, the BBFC made cuts to secure a 'A' rating. All cuts were waived in 2006 when the film was re-rated with a 'PG' certificate for home video. Note: The running time on the BBFC website for the 1957 theatrical release mentions a run time of 91 minutes 48 seconds with an indication this is the submitted run time prior to any cuts. It is not clear if this was a longer version of the film which is widely known to run just 81 minutes (77 minutes on PAL media). See more »Soundtracks
The Incredible Shrinking Man ThemeWritten by Foster Carling and Earl E. Lawrence
Played by Ray Anthony
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Instead of the typical blood and gore screaming sensationalism of many 1950s sci-fi films, this is an amazingly well thought-out film that is underplayed and even philosophical.
There are some amusing moments in the film, such as when we discover Scott in a dollhouse, but much of the story is handled seriously -- the topics of being different, surviving in an unsympathetic world, crass commercialism, and loneliness are well portrayed.
The theme of the film is what is really amazing. Despite the rather schlocky title, we are given a view of humanity's place in the universe. The final sequence is an imaginative portrait of the balance between the macrocosm and the microcosm.
The film is more than it first appears. Definitely see this one.