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Tobor le grand

Titre original : Tobor the Great
  • 1954
  • Approved
  • 1h 17m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
5,2/10
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MA NOTE
Tobor le grand (1954)
AdventureFamilySci-Fi

Un jeune garçon surdoué se lie d'amitié avec le robot de son grand-père, conçu comme pilote d'essai pour les voyages spatiaux et convoité par des espions étrangers.Un jeune garçon surdoué se lie d'amitié avec le robot de son grand-père, conçu comme pilote d'essai pour les voyages spatiaux et convoité par des espions étrangers.Un jeune garçon surdoué se lie d'amitié avec le robot de son grand-père, conçu comme pilote d'essai pour les voyages spatiaux et convoité par des espions étrangers.

  • Director
    • Lee Sholem
  • Writers
    • Philip MacDonald
    • Carl Dudley
  • Stars
    • Charles Drake
    • Karin Booth
    • Billy Chapin
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    5,2/10
    1 k
    MA NOTE
    • Director
      • Lee Sholem
    • Writers
      • Philip MacDonald
      • Carl Dudley
    • Stars
      • Charles Drake
      • Karin Booth
      • Billy Chapin
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    • 24Commentaires de critiques
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      • 1 nomination au total

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    Charles Drake
    Charles Drake
    • Dr. Ralph Harrison
    Karin Booth
    Karin Booth
    • Janice Roberts
    Billy Chapin
    Billy Chapin
    • Brian Roberts
    Taylor Holmes
    Taylor Holmes
    • Prof. Arnold Nordstrom
    Steven Geray
    Steven Geray
    • Man with Rimless Glasses
    Henry Kulky
    Henry Kulky
    • Paul
    Franz Roehn
    • Karl
    Hal Baylor
    Hal Baylor
    • Max
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Dr. Gustav
    • (uncredited)
    Steve Carruthers
    Steve Carruthers
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Daly
    • Scientist
    • (uncredited)
    Franklyn Farnum
    Franklyn Farnum
    • Government Representative
    • (uncredited)
    Norman Field
    • Commissioner
    • (uncredited)
    Art Gilmore
    Art Gilmore
    • Airport Announcer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Hickman
    Bill Hickman
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Hill
    • Scientist
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Power
    Paul Power
    • Government Representative
    • (uncredited)
    Alan Reynolds
    Alan Reynolds
    • Gilligan
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lee Sholem
    • Writers
      • Philip MacDonald
      • Carl Dudley
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    Commentaires des utilisateurs37

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    7planktonrules

    Wow...talk about a tough audience!

    I'm sure surprised to see that this film only has an overall IMDb score of 4.7--talk about a tough audience! Sure, by today's standards the film might seem dated or even quaint, but in its day it was a dandy little sci-fi yarn--and is still pretty entertaining today.

    The film is about a really cool elderly scientist. His home is an amazing compound complete with traps and high-tech gadgets and he is working on a robot (named 'TOBOR' in his hidden basement lab--a place even Batman would be proud to own). Charles Drake is a younger scientist of like mind who comes to work with him on TOBOR. The idea is to have a robot that can be controlled from Earth and used to safely explore space. Unfortunately, the evil Commies (though they are never explicitly called 'Communists' in the film) want the plans for TOBOR and will do anything to get it--anything.

    The film was obviously meant to appeal to children as well, with young Billy Chapin playing the scientist's precocious grandson--a kid who is as smart as many adult scientists. But I never found the kid as annoying or cloying as precocious kids in some movies. Oh, and by the way, Billy is Lauren Chapin's real-life brother. Fans of "Father Knows Best" may remember her as the youngest in the family, 'Kitten'.

    Overall, highly entertaining and fun despite some limitations imposed by a lower budget. Yes, the Earth does NOT revolve the wrong direction in space nor is it surrounded by space clouds! And, the stars look fake because they are all the same brightness. But, even with these minor problems, the film is well worth seeing and is among the better sci-fi films of the day. Clever and cool.
    10klmontana2

    Saw this as a child. Remembered it, Loved it.

    I was a little girl when this came out. I saw it in the theater and was spellbound. I only saw it once, but remembered it all my life. I just bought it and could not be happier. It is very much for children, but I will always hold it dear. I think the plot is fun. The robot is great and the people are funny, but all in all this is a film I would take any one to see, big or small. It just makes you feel good to watch it. I wish that there were more movies made this wholesome. The title is wonderful too. Robot spelled backwards. You just can't lose with a movie like this. I would give it a big thumbs up!!!!
    Bruce_Cook

    The Ultimate Kid's-Fantasy-Come-True!

    Watch this one with child-like eyes and you'll have a great time. Tobor ('robot' spelled backwards) is the invention of an elderly scientific genius who develops a robot to serve as the pilot for dangerous space flights in place of human astronauts. The inventor's grandson (Billy Chapin) befriends the robot during the development of its complex brain and artificial personality. Commie spies kidnap the inventor and the boy, attempting to get their hands on the valuable robot.

    Tobor is incapable of speech, which gives the robot an interesting quality of mystery and strangeness. But he does have the ability to sense human thoughts and emotions. In other words, he can tell when someone is up to no good!

    In the climax, Tobor has to break out of his own lab to rescue the boy from the evil commies who kidnapped the youth to gain control of the robot. Although Tobor is less agile that a human being, he moves around much better than Robby or Gort -- which comes in handy when Tobor has to lift the back end of the bad guy's car and prevent them from escaping!

    Tobor's physical design is pretty impressive. Although it doesn't have the aesthetic appeal of Robby or Gort, he is solidly constructed and a pleasure to watch in action. The movie includes a scene in which the inventor opens up Tobor's chest to show his interior to a group of reporters at a press conferences when Tobor is presented to the public. Obviously the reason for the scene is show the audience that this is no mere suit with a man inside. It's a real robot!

    It's a nice little touch in a movie designed to inspire younger viewers . . . and to entertain older ones.

    'Tobor the Great' is a terrific kid's-fantasy-come-true story. Admitttedly, the direction by Lee Sholem is decidedly unskilled, and young Chapin is a mediocre actor at best (he's no Michel Ray of 'The Space Children', I'm sorry to say), but Charles Drake ('It Came from Outer Space') holds his own as the boy's father. William Shallert ('The Monolith Monsters' and several other 1950s classics) plays one of the reporters in the scene mentioned earlier.

    A prerecorded tape was available a few years ago, but you'll have trouble finding it now. If a DVD comes out, it's worth the money if you have a soft spot in your heart for the sincere and unique efforts the 1950s sci-fi films.
    7ferbs54

    Tobor vs. Robby

    Baby boomers of a certain age may recall being entertained, back in 1965, by the latest Japanimation product at that time, a TV program called "Tobor the 8th Man," which had its origins in a manga comic in 1963. But almost a full decade before the 8th Man's initial appearance, another Tobor was thrilling baby boomers in America's movie palaces, via 1954's "Tobor the Great." In this surprisingly likable film, the elderly Prof. Nordstrom builds a mechanical simulacrum, operated telepathically; a robot designed to take the place of a human being in the first, ultrahazardous rocket voyage into space. The professor and his 11-year-old grandson, Gadge, soon become the targets of foreign spies, however, so it's a good thing that Tobor is prepared to meet ALL emergency situations! Anyway, "Tobor" is a perfect film for adults to watch with their kiddies. The film has been well directed by Lee Sholem (the man responsible for 1951's "Superman and the Mole-Men"!) and features some very competent acting (especially by Taylor Holmes as the professor and Charles Drake as his assistant) and a compact (the whole film runs only 77 minutes in length), fairly intelligent script; don't believe the wet blankets at Maltinville who claim these latter two aspects are "terrible." As far as Tobor itself is concerned, comparisons to Robby the Robot, in 1956's "Forbidden Planet," are hard to avoid. Tobor might be a taller and thus more imposing creation, which is not to say cooler looking. And lacking the power of "speech," it doesn't have 1/10 the personality of Robby. Still, it is a wholly endearing construct, and the final shot of the big galoot at the controls of Earth's first space rocket is fairly touching. In all, "Tobor" is good, lighthearted sci-fi fun, and demonstrates that a film doesn't necessarily require the resources of an Industrial Light & Magic complex to fashion a memorable robotic character. Tobor might not be Robby or R2-D2, but it sure is a good dude to have on one's side when the chips are down!
    dinky-4

    An "Iron Giant" for the 1950s

    True, its budget is small, its special-effects minimal, its appeal somewhat juvenile, but there's a directness and innocence about this boy-and-robot adventure which -- when seen from a modern-day perspective -- is quite appealing. I agree, however, with the author of "Keep Watching the Skies" that the ending is a curious and rather unsettling miscalculation.

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    • Anecdotes
      The original Tobor prop and remote control device is still in existence, having been stored away safely in a private collection for more than 50 years.
    • Gaffes
      When Tobor escapes from Professor Nordstrom's compound and knocks down the high voltage gate, it sparks as he walks across it. But at this point the gate isn't connected to anything.
    • Citations

      Brian 'Gadge' Robertson: Gee, Tobor, you're wonderful!

    • Connexions
      Featured in Family Classics: Family Classics: Tobor the Great (1963)

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    • Date de sortie
      • 1 septembre 1954 (United States)
    • Pays d’origine
      • United States
    • Langue
      • English
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Tobor the Great
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
    • société de production
      • Dudley Pictures Corporation
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      1 heure 17 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White

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