The Amazing Colossal Man

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The Amazing Colossal Man ★★ 1957

A standard '50s sci-fi film about atomic radiation. Colonel Manning is exposed to massive doses of plutonium when an experiment backfires (literally). The former good-guy grows to 70 feet and starts taking out his anger on a helpless Las Vegas. Can anything stop his murderous rampages? Followed by “War of the Colossal Beast.” 79m/B VHS . Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William (Bill) Hudson, James Seay, Russ Bender, Lyn Osborn, Frank Jenks, Hank Patterson; D: Bert I. Gordon; W: Bert I. Gordon, Mark Hanna; C: Joseph Biroc; M: Albert Glasser.

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