Le colosse de New York

Original title: The Colossus of New York

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5.8/10

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Ed Wolff in Le colosse de New York (1958)

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Director
- Eugène Lourié
Writers
- Thelma Schnee
- Willis Goldbeck
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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Eugène Lourié
Writers
- Thelma Schnee
- Willis Goldbeck
Stars

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Roy Engel

Police Inspector
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Sam Harris

Man at Funeral Service
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Larry Kerr

Reporter
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Harold Miller

Airport Accident Extra
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Dick Nelson

Charles - Chauffeur-Butler
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Foster H. Phinney

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Jack Richardson

Reporter
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Court Shepard

Reporter
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Charles Sherlock

Airline Pilot
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Bert Stevens

Airport Accident Extra
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Max Trumpower

Reporter
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Director
- Eugène Lourié
Writers
- Thelma Schnee
- Willis Goldbeck
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Trivia
The Colossus costume was eight feet tall, weighed 160 pounds and was made from burlap, plastic, rubber and fine chicken wire. Inside, there were batteries, cables, air tanks and oxygen tubes.

Goofs
When Jeremy (the Colossus) crashes through the glass wall at the end of the movie, the very next scene there is a woman lying on the floor and the man to the left of her looks down at her. In the scene following, the Colossus starts shooting eye beams. The eye beam then hits the woman, now standing, and she falls to the floor, in the same position.

Crazy credits
The opening credits text rises out of New York harbor, as its reflection on the water sinks to the bottom of the screen.

Connections
Featured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: Colossus of New York + When Worlds Collide (1978)

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Featured review

8/10

Stop bashing this film...if you weren't 'there'....

Along with a few others, I too, must chime in with my 'thumbs up' opinion of this lost classic. I was fortunate to see nearly ALL of the horror/sci-fi 'Classics' in theaters during the 50's binge..when there was a new double feature nearly every other week.

This one, stands quite a bit above all the others. The creep factor is high and it has some truly haunting moments. The piano score just adds to the muted terror. Cheap? Yep. But I think that adds to the atmosphere.

Sure, I was a 'kid' when I saw all of these back then, but only a handful of these films were 'great'. 'Colossus' is hands-down one of the best of that era. If you watch it in the proper context, I'm sure you will agree.