Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

★ 6.9 1h 40m IMDb
Thriller Sci-Fi

The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Colossus: The Forbin Project

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Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden as Dr Charles Forbin Age 85 · Bredenbek, Germany Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor. The internationally-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning and People’s Choice Award-winning film and televisio...
Susan Clark
Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham Age 83 · Sarnia, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Susan Clark (born March 8, 1940) is a Canadian actress, possibly best-known for her role as Katherine on the American television sitcom Webster, on which she ap...
Gordon Pinsent
Gordon Pinsent as The President Died 2023 · Grand Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Gordon Edward Pinsent CC FRSC (July 12, 1930 – February 25, 2023) was a Canadian actor, writer, director, and singer. He began his career in the 1940s, delving into radio dramas before serving in the...
William Schallert
William Schallert as CIA Director Grauber Died 2016 · Los Angeles, California, U.S. William Joseph Schallert (July 6, 1922 – May 8, 2016) was an American character actor who appeared in dozens of television shows and films over a career spanning more than 60 years. He is known for hi...
Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. John F. Fisher Age 82 · Гавана, Куба From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Georg Stanford Brown (born June 24, 1943 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American actor and director, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the ABC police telev...
Director Joseph Sargent
Cast Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Alex Rodine, Martin E. Brooks, Marion Ross, Dolph Sweet

Audience Reviews

Daz Feb 07, 2017
This film is an overlooked classic. Very rarely seen on TV. It is both a science fiction tale and a Cold War drama.

The United States creates a super computer to control its defence systems. This advanced machine has its own intelligence so that it can absorb the mass of data required to manage the nuclear arsenal. Dr Charles Forbin the creator of this computer called Colossus. Forbin is soon informed that there is another system created in the Soviet Union called Guardian and both computers start communicating with each other. The computers start dictating terms/ making demands of their human masters.

Forbin is charged with stopping the machines before its too late. What is chilling is that the computers are far more smarter than the humans and things get very tricky. I can't say anymore, give this is go. This film is the forerunner for films like The Matrix and The Terminator. Great stuff.

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