 The Amazing Colossal Man 1957  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Glenn Langan, Cathy Downs, William Hudson, Larry Thor, James Seay, Frank Jenks, Russ Bender, June Jocelyn, Hank Patterson, Jimmy Cross, Jean Moorhead, Myron Cook, Scott Peters, Harry Raybould, Stanley Lachman
Army Lt. Col. Glenn Manning (Glenn Langan) is exposed to an atomic explosion and is severely burned but survives in the base hospital. However, the radiation has affected his cells, and Manning is growing larger and larger. By the time his fiancee, Carol (Cathy Downs), finds him, he is 60-feet tall and insane. After attacking and killing another officer and escaping, he is cornered and shot by the military at Boulder Dam and presumed dead–or is he? A sequel follows: "War of the Colossal Beast."
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Earth vs. the Spider 1958  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
aka: The Spider
Earth vs. the Giant Spider
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Ed Kemmer, June Kenney, Eugene Persson, Gene Roth, Hal Torey, June Jocelyn, Mickey Finn, Sally Fraser, Howard Wright, Troy Patterson, Bill Giorgio, Hank Patterson
While searching for her father, Carol (June Kenney) and her boyfriend, Mike (Eugene Persson), find the remains of a giant spider in a cave. Assuming the spider has been killed, biology teacher Mr. Kingman (Ed Kemmer) displays it in the school gym. But, the spider is not dead; it is simply stunned, and rock music revives it leading to a blood-thirsty rampage through town.
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Fear Strikes Out 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Edd Byrnes, Bart Burns, Bing Russell, Peter J. Votrian, Don Brodie, Richard Bull, June Jocelyn, George Pembroke, Jeffrey Sayre, Gary Vinson
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) suffered from mental illness that led to a nervous breakdown. This is the story of how his desire to please his pugnacious father, John (Karl Malden), brought on the breakdown and how Jimmy fights to overcome adversity and return to baseball.
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 Teenage Caveman 1958 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Robert Vaughn, Leslie Bradley, June Jocelyn, Robert Shayne, Jonathan Haze, Frank DeKova, Sarah Marshall, Charles P. Thompson, Beach Dickerson, Ed Nelson
A near middle-aged Robert Vaughn as a teenage caveman? Only in a Corman movie can you get that. Anyway, against the rules of his tribe, our hero explores the great land beyond the camp. What is he to make of the strange creature with great powers that he encounters?
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Vertigo 1958  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Henry Jones, Tom Helmore, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick, Fred Graham, Bess Flowers, Alfred Hitchcock, June Jocelyn, John Benson, William Remick
A retired San Francisco detective "Scottie" Ferguson (James Stewart), who suffers from vertigo (fear of heights), is hired by shipbuilder Gavin Elster (Tom Helmore) to trail his wife Madeleine (Kim Novak). During the pursuit, Scottie ends up in a mental hospital. After he is released, he continues his pursuit, which leads to the top of a bell tower. The audience is treated to a tour of San Francisco as Scottie follows Madeleine's trail and falls in love with her in the process.
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War of the Colossal Beast 1958 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
aka: The Terror Strikes
Revenge of the Colossal Man
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Cast: Sally Fraser, Roger Pace, Duncan "Dean" Parkin, Russ Bender, Charles Stewart, Rico Alaniz, George Becwar, Robert Hernandez, June Jocelyn, George Milan, John McNamara, Loretta Nicholson, Raymond Winston, Jack Kosslyn, George Navarro
In this sequel to "The Amazing Colossal Man," it appears that his death was not a certainty when he met his doom at Boulder Dam. This time around, 60-foot-tall Glenn Manning (Duncan "Dean" Parkin) is alive but suffering brain damage. The Army captures him, but he escapes and wreaks havoc on those around him.
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| 1. The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
2. Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
aka: The Spider
aka: Earth vs. the Giant Spider
3. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
4. Teenage Caveman (1958)
5. Vertigo (1958)
6. War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
aka: The Terror Strikes
aka: Revenge of the Colossal Man
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