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The Colossus of New York

Play trailer Poster for The Colossus of New York Released Nov 19, 1958 1h 10m Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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A surgeon (Otto Kruger) and his son (John Baragrey) put another son's brain in the body of a robot, soon amok at the U.N. building.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy It’s not often that a movie climaxes with a robot killing people inside the United Nations building with his laser-beam eyes. Rated: 2.5/4 Jun 5, 2024 Full Review John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) In the climactic scene, the juxtaposition of the robot with the death rays, the dead bodies and the Bible quote on the wall adds up to something quite fascinating and powerful. Rated: 3/4 Nov 26, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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NiB Y Directed by the Underdog and Unrecognized King of 50s monster features, it's short runtime negs out all the potential problems this movie has and makes for a very entertaining and impressive movie. The first half legit was the first movie to scare me in years, i'm not joking, it is a borderline horror film before it becomes campy (In a good way) for the second half. The movie is genuinly smart and thought-provoking at times, with the final scene at the UN building being emotional and fascinating. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review bill t A bit of an offputting movie, at least for the first half. A brilliant scientist is tragically killed. and his father and son decide to build a robot with his brain in it to continue his work. The whole thing is really helped (or hindered) by the odd soundtrack, which often just consists of one piano. It certainly adds to the offputtedness of it, since you're expecting horns blaring. Anyways, the 2nd half just gets ridiculous unforturnately, and we're driven down b movie monster lane. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Really interesting story about a genius who dies, and his brother puts his brain into a giant robot. The process doesn't go well and the he goes insane being in that suit, losing his humanity (except for the love of his son). A very touching end, and a nice throwback to Frankenstein. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I actually thought this was very well done. big Ross Martin fan sorry that he was quite quickly dispatched of and just his voice was the rest of the movie. I thought the movement of the robot was good. I thought it was a cool looking robot where it was big but also wide and weird. invoices that made when it's trying to first speak or just chilling in a way. doesn't go over the same old tracks that most of the monster movies like this do yes it is pretty much but the heavy-handed moral but still it was very well done Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A surgeon (Otto Kruger) and his son (John Baragrey) put another son's brain in the body of a robot, soon amok at the U.N. building.
Director
Eugène Lourié
Producer
William Alland
Screenwriter
Willis Goldbeck, Thelma Schnee
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 19, 1958, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 1, 2014
Runtime
1h 10m
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