The Amazing Colossal Man

Name: The Amazing Colossal Man
Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller
Released: 1957-10-25
Rating: 4.615

Growing...! Growing...! Growing...! To a Giant! to a Monster! When will it stop?

User Score48 ratings

TMDB 4.616+19571h 20mEnglish

Science FictionAdventureThriller

Synopsis

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.

Director

Bert I. GordonFrom TMDB credits

Studio

Malibu Productions1 production companies

Release

October 25, 1957Released

Box Office

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Top Cast

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Glenn Langan

Lt. Col. Glenn Manning

Cathy Downs

Carol Forrest

William Hudson

Dr. Paul Linstrom

Larry Thor

Maj. Eric Coulter, MD

James Seay

Col. Hallock

Russ Bender

Richard Kingman

Hank Patterson

Henry

Frank Jenks

Truck Driver

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Reviews

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Sierbahnn

Jun 16, 2026

They made a real effort Given the technology available to the team making this, for the budget they had, they tried. Some of the effects, with the giant, as not great, not even by the 50's standards. Certainly it looks hokey to us. As they were using a man for the colossus, they could not use a stop-motion miniature as King Kong, and I think the movie suffered for it. They didn't even make a hand to interact with things on the ground, and it was a bad choice. It isn't a bad movie, but it certainly could not live up to Kong, doing the same giant-things.