The Cyclops (film)
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| Directed by | Bert I. Gordon |
| Produced by | Bert I. Gordon |
| Written by | Bert I. Gordon |
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| Music by | Albert Glasser |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Carlo Lodato |
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B & H Productions, Inc.
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Cyclops (aka Cyclops') (1957) is a science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon, starring James Craig, Lon Chaney Jr. and Gloria Talbott. The theme of a monster created as a result of radioactivity was a common one in the 1950s. Typical of the "B" film features of the period, a modicum of production values was involved. '.
Test pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) is missing and his girlfriend, Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) organizes a search party, sent out in the jungles of Mexico. The team of scientist Russ Bradford (James Craig), mining expert Martin "Marty" Melville (Lon Chaney Jr.) and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake) fly into an unknown territory. While searching the area, however, they uncover giant mutated earth animals such as giant snakes, lizards, behemoth bugs and oversized mammals.
More importantly, they encounter a mutated 50-ft tall, one-eyed human monster who became disfigured due to an exposure to radioactivity from massive radium deposits in the area. He kills Melville but appears to recognize the girl. When the cyclops tries to prevent the rest of the group from flying to safety, he is gravely wounded, and dies.
As appearing in The Cyclops, (main roles and screen credits identified):
The main leads, Craig, Drake and Talbott signed up for the independent production, which was initially going to be a RKO production, but financing fell through. The Producer/director worked feverishly to complete the film before money ran out, with only five or six days allotted to shooting. Not making things any easier was having to contend with Lon Chaney Jr. who was habitually drunk. Duncan Parkin also played Col. Manning in the War of the Colossal Beast, which is the sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man, basically playing the same disfigured giant in both films.
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