Creature with the Atom Brain

"Here is horror that can happen NOW... TO YOU!"

Jul 1 1955 Approved 1h 9m
Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.

Plot

Several years earlier gangster Frank Buchanan was deported to his native Italy through the efforts of law enforcement authorities and rival gangsters who inform on him. While in Europe he meets scientist Wilhelm Steigg, who has perfected a method of reanimating dead people and controlling their behavior with oral commands. Buchanan underwrites Steigg's experiments and uses his technology to wreak revenge on his enemies. Unfortunately radioactive poisoning is a by-product of the process, and authorities use radiation detecting devices like Geiger counters to pinpoint the source of the sinister plot.

Written by

Curt Siodmak

Directed by

Edward L. Cahn

Cast

Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Clover Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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