The Colossus of New York

19581958
UnratedUnrated
1h 10min

The Colossus of New York (1958)

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A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

Director
- Eugène Lourié
Writers
- Thelma Schnee(screenplay)
- Willis Goldbeck(story)
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Dr. Henry Spensseras Dr. Henry Spensser

Anne Spensseras Anne Spensser

Dr. William Spensseras Dr. William Spensser

Dr. John Robert Carringtonas Dr. John Robert Carrington

Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensseras Dr. Jeremy 'Jerry' Spensser

Charles Herbert

Billy Spensseras Billy Spensser

Officialas Official
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Police Inspectoras Police Inspector
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Man at Funeral Serviceas Man at Funeral Service
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Reporteras Reporter
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Airport Accident Extraas Airport Accident Extra
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Charles - Chauffeur-Butleras Charles - Chauffeur-Butler
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Foster H. Phinney

Reporteras Reporter
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Reporteras Reporter
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Jack Richardson

Reporteras Reporter
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Reporteras Reporter
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Charles Sherlock

Airline Pilotas Airline Pilot
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Airport Accident Extraas Airport Accident Extra
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Director
- Eugène Lourié
Writers
- Thelma Schnee(screenplay)
- Willis Goldbeck(story)
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Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later it decides to end its long seclusion... Unusual piano music score. —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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Taglines
- Towering above the skyline ~ an indestructible creature whose eyes rain death and destruction!
Genres
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- Unrated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The Colossus costume was eight feet tall, weighed 160 pounds and was made from burlap, plastic, rubber and fine chicken wire. Inside, there were batteries, cables, air tanks and oxygen tubes.

Goofs
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.

Crazy credits
The opening credits text rises out of New York harbor, as its reflection on the water sinks to the bottom of the screen.

Connections
Featured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: Colossus of New York + When Worlds Collide (1978)

Top review

7/10

An underrated atmospheric thriller

The conventional wisdom is that this is a mediocre movie. Yet I find it strangely affecting. A man's brain is placed in a large robotic body, but it's not the usual mad scientist bit. The scientist is a desperate father and the brain belongs to his son (Ross Martin), killed(?) in an automobile accident.

Encased in his robotic body, the son longs to see his own son. These are mad scientists with family values!

The only music in the movie is provided by a lone piano. The motivation for this decision was probably more economical than artistic but Nathan Van Cleave's score echoes the fear and melancholy that permeates the film perfectly.

Not a great film, but one every sci-fi and horror movie fan should see.

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May 11, 1999

Release date
- November 19, 1958 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Der Koloss von New York
Filming locations
- Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Paramount Pictures
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Runtime
- 1h 10min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1

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