War of the Colossal Beast

Infobox Film
name = War of the Colossal Beast


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director = Bert I. Gordon
producer =
writer = Bert I. Gordon (story)
George Worthing Yates
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starring = Sally Fraser
Dean Parkin
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distributor = AIP
released = 1958
runtime = 69 min.
country = U.S.A.
language = English
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preceded_by = The Amazing Colossal Man
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amg_id = 1:53363
imdb_id = 0052378

"War of the Colossal Beast" is a 1958 black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Carmel Productions and distributed by American International Pictures. It is a sequel to the 1957 movie "The Amazing Colossal Man".

ynopsis

Upon hearing of several recent robberies of food delivery trucks in Mexico, Joyce Manning, the sister of Army officer Lt. Col. Glenn Manning, becomes convinced that her brother survived his fall from the Hoover Dam at the end of the first film. Along with Army officer Major Mark Baird and scientist Dr. Carmichael, she goes to Mexico to look for him.

It is discovered that Manning, now grown to 60 feet tall after being exposed to plutonium radiation, survived his fall from the Hoover Dam at the end of the previous movie, but he has gone insane and part of his face was left disfigured following his confrontation with the Army at the dam. Manning is captured and drugged by the Army and taken back to America, but he again escapes and goes on a rampage through Los Angeles and Hollywood. Eventually Joyce makes him snap to his senses and realizing what he has done, Manning kills himself by electrocution (somehow causing the movie to change from black and white to color for the final minute) on high-voltage power lines around the Griffith Park Observatory.

Cast

*Dean Parkin as Lt. Col. Glenn Manning
*Sally Fraser as Joyce Manning
*Roger Pace as Major Mark Baird
*Russ Bender as Dr. Carmichael
*Rico Alaniz as Sgt. Luis Murillo
*Charles Stewart as Captain Harris
*George Becwar as John Swanson
*Roy Gordon as Mayor
*Robert Hernandez as Miguel
*George Milan as General Nelson
*Jack Kosslyn as Newscaster
*Stan Chambers as TV Announcer

Production notes

The film was produced, directed and written by Bert I. Gordon and co-produced with Samuel Z. Arkoff.

Trivia

Both "The Amazing Colossal Man" and "War of the Colossal Beast" were later mocked on the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000".

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052378/ "War of the Colossal Beast"] at IMDb