The Colossus of New York

"Towering above the skyline ~ an indestructible creature whose eyes rain death and destruction!"

Nov 19 1958 Approved 1h 10m
Horror, Sci-Fi

A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

Plot

Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later it decides to end its long seclusion... Unusual piano music score.

Written by

Thelma Schnee, Willis Goldbeck

Directed by

Eugène Lourié

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,323
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA