War of the Colossal Beast (1958)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

Bert I. Gordon

Writers:

Bert I. Gordon (story)
George Worthing Yates (screenplay)

Release Date:

June 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The towering terror from hell!

Plot:

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.

Plot Keywords:

Mexico | Escape | Bureaucracy | Congressman | White Briefs

Cast

Sally Fraser	...	Joyce Manning
Roger Pace	...	Maj. Mark Baird
Duncan 'Dean' Parkin	...	Col. Glenn Manning (as Dean Parkin)
Russ Bender	...	Dr. Carmichael
Rico Alaniz	...	Sgt. Luis Murillo
George Becwar	...	John Swanson
Robert Hernandez	...	Miguel
Charles Stewart	...	Capt. Harris
June Jocelyn	...	Mrs. Edwards
John McNamara	...	Neurologist
Loretta Nicholson	...	Joan
Raymond Winston	...	Arthur Lang
Jack Kosslyn	...	Newscaster
George Navarro	...	Mexican Doctor
Bob Garnet	...	Pentagon Correspondent

Also Known As:

Revenge of the Colossal Man
The Terror Strikes

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (Certificate #19024) | UK:X (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Carmel Productions

Trivia:

American-International changed to title to a more dramatic-sounding "War of the Colossal Beast" and avoided mentioning in the ad campaign that it was a sequel to an earlier film.

Goofs:

Continuity: In The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), army doctors mention that Glenn's heart has not grown proportionally with the rest of his body and that it will literally explode in a matter of days. In ‘War of the Colossal Beast’, which takes place some time after the previous film, Glenn shows no signs of the existing heart ailment.

Quotes:

Maj. Mark Baird: Can't you find us some warehouse to keep him in temporarily?

Movie Connections:

Edited into Creepy Classics (1987) (V)

"We have something to go on - those Footprints!"

As I write this I am watching WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST, something I have in the collection along with THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN. The viewer can't help feel for poor Colonel Glen Manning, who was trying to save a person in a crashed aircraft when he was subjected to an experimental plutonium blast. Talk about bad luck! Then bazookas blew him off Boulder Dam - what's the chance of that? And the glorious dialogue:

"We can't leave him exposed to the weather, even if he is a giant!" as well as "I'm afraid that the world doesn't think of a 60 foot man the way a sister does." Truly dialogue you'll find nowhere else. Incisive use of stock footage - this picture can't be missed. Really - a tragedy of mammoth proportions.