The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

★ 4.6 1h 20m 49 votes IMDb
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Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he begins to grow, but as he grows he starts losing his mind. By the time he stops he is 50 ft tall, insane and is on the rampage.

The Amazing Colossal Man

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Cast

Glenn Langan
Glenn Langan as Lt. Col. Glenn Manning Died 1991 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Cathy Downs
Cathy Downs as Carol Forrest Died 1976 · Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cathy Downs (March 3, 1924 – December 8, 1976) was an American film actress. Born in Port Jefferson, New York, Downs began her film career with a small role in...
Larry Thor
Larry Thor as Maj. Eric Coulter, MD Died 1976 · Lundar, Manitoba, Canada
James Seay
James Seay as Col. Hallock Died 1992 · Pasadena, California, USA
Russ Bender
Russ Bender as Richard Kingman Died 1969 · New York City, New York, USA
Hank Patterson
Hank Patterson as Henry Died 1975 · Springville, Alabama, USA Hank Patterson (born Elmer Calvin Patterson; October 9, 1888 – August 23, 1975) was an American actor and musician. He is known foremost for playing two recurring characters on three television series...
Director Bert I. Gordon
Cast Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, James Seay, Russ Bender, Hank Patterson, Frank Jenks, Jimmy Cross, June Jocelyn

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Sierbahnn 5/10 Jun 16, 2026
They made a real effort
Given the technology available to the team making this, for the budget they had, they tried. Some of the effects, with the giant, as not great, not even by the 50's standards. Certainly it looks hokey to us.

As they were using a man for the colossus, they could not use a stop-motion miniature as King Kong, and I think the movie suffered for it. They didn't even make a hand to interact with things on the ground, and it was a bad choice.

It isn't a bad movie, but it certainly could not live up to Kong, doing the same giant-things.

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