TMDb Rating
4.5/10
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The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
Science FictionAdventureThriller
80 min
"Growing...! Growing...! Growing...! To a Giant! to a Monster! When will it stop?"
Plot Summary
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.
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Science FictionAdventureThrillerBert I. GordonGlenn LanganCathy Downs1957
Director
Bert I. Gordon
Top Cast
Glenn LanganCathy DownsWilliam HudsonLarry ThorJames Seay
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