The Amazing Colossal Man
The Amazing Colossal Man (also known as The Colossal Man) is a 1957 American black-and-white science fiction film from American International Pictures. Produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, it stars Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, and Larry Thor. It is an uncredited adaptation of Homer Eon Flint's 1928 short science fiction novel The Nth Man.
Plot
At a military site in Desert Rock, Nevada, a test explosion of the first atomic plutonium bomb does not detonate as expected. When an unidentified civilian aircraft crash lands near the site, Lt. Colonel Glenn Manning runs into the detonation area to rescue the pilot. Once in the detonation area, the bomb goes off, and Glenn gets caught in the radioactive blast.
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| author | Bert Ira Gordon George Worthing Yates Mark Hanna |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Las Vegas Valley |
| director | Bert Ira Gordon |
| editor | Ronald Sinclair |
| genre | horror science fiction |
| keywords | awaken cat girl colorado river disturb drive-in drive-in theater even giant man hoover dam kill land las vegas las vegas strip man morning mutate pioneer club pioneer club las vegas plutonium plutonium bomb prognosis suffer syringe third-degree burns vegas strip vegas vic vegas vic sign |
| musicBy | Albert Glasser |
| producer | Bert I. Gordon |
| productionCompany | Malibu Productions |
| publisher | American International Pictures |
| theme | mockbuster monster movie science fiction horror |