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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   4,288 votes
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Director:
Jack Arnold
Writers:
Richard Matheson (screenplay)
Richard Matheson (novel)
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Release Date:
April 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical] more
Plot:
Whe Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(6 articles)
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User Comments:
A Sci-Fi film with a good script. Who could believe it? more (81 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Grant Williams ... Scott Carey
Randy Stuart ... Louise Carey
April Kent ... Clarice
Paul Langton ... Charlie Carey
Raymond Bailey ... Doctor Thomas Silver
William Schallert ... Doctor Arthur Bramson
Frank J. Scannell ... Barker (as Frank Scannell)

Helene Marshall ... Nurse
Diana Darrin ... Nurse
Billy Curtis ... Midget
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Lock Martin ... Giant (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
Orson Welles did the narration for the trailer for this film. He was at Universal working on Touch of Evil (1958) more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Scott is crossing the hole in the crate by holding onto a rope and walking on the ledge of the paint can, the extra rope that should be hanging in the hole stays horizontal, revealing that the hole is, in fact, not a hole. It is especially visible when he gets to the other side and pulls back the rope towards him. more
Quotes:
Scott Carey: I felt puny and absurd, a ludicrous midget. Easy enough to talk of soul and spirit and existential worth, but not when you're three feet tall. I loathed myself, our home, the caricature my life with Lou had become. I had to get out. I had to get away. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Dad's Dead (2002) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
The Incredible Shrinking Man Theme more

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30 out of 43 people found the following comment useful.
A Sci-Fi film with a good script. Who could believe it?, 20 September 2000
8/10
Author: Sherlock Jr. from USA

This is more than a Sci-Fi film, this is really a good movie. On the Sci-Fi side, the effects are mostly good. But the script is great, one of the greatest for a Sci-Fi film. And I love the last line, "To God, there is no zero." Sure it's a movie about a guy who shrinks, but it can be related to any person. As for the time it was made in, it blows just about every other sci-fi/horror made in the 50's to pieces with the exception of a few films. A must see for a fan of 50's sci-fi and a must see for any fan of good writing. I give it an 8 out of 10

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