The Magnetic Monster poster

The Magnetic Monster( 1953)

TV-MAScience FictionHorror
56%
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Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!

Overview

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Carlson

      Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

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      King Donovan

      Dr. Dan Forbes

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      Leo Britt

      Dr. Benton

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      Jean Byron

      Connie Stewart

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      Harry Ellerbe

      Dr. Allard

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      Frank Gerstle

      Col. Willis

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      John Vosper

      Capt. Dyer

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      Byron Foulger

      Mr. Simon

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      Leonard Mudie

      Howard Denker

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      Kathleen Freeman

      Nelly

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      William Benedict

      Albert

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      John Zaremba

      Chief Watson

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      Douglas Evans

      Pilot

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      Strother Martin

      Co-Pilot

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      Michael Fox

      Dr. Serny

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      Watson Downs

      Mayor

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      Lee Phelps

      City Engineer

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      Roy Engel

      Gen. Behan

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      John Dodsworth

      Dr. Carthwright

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      Charles Williams

      Cabbie

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      Michael Granger

      Kenneth Smith

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      Jarma Lewis

      Stewardess

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      Elizabeth Root

      Joy

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      Juney Ellis

      Spinster

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue May 30 2023
    Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarre, eh? What's causing it? Well that might have something to do with poorly scientist "Denker" (Leonard Mudie) who is travelling on an aircraft with a briefcase containing an highly toxic, radioactive, element that absorbs energy from adjacent metallic objects allowing it to expand exponentially. It's soon down to our in...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • magnetic field
    • radiation
    • pregnancy
    • black and white
    • stock footage
    • radiation sickness
    • hardware store
    • scientist hero
    • magnetism
    • energy absorption
    • office of scientific investigation