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The Amazing Colossal Man

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

4.7(52)19571h 20m2

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
Part of The Amazing Colossal Man Collection · 2 films
  • helicopter
  • casino
  • radiation
  • las vegas
  • giant man
  • needle
  • giant
  • boulder dam
  • nuclear testing

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNew York City25 Oct 1957
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1222 Jun 1962

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The Amazing Colossal Man was released on 25 October 1957.

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    Sierbahnn

    6/16/2026

    5/10

    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…

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