The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!
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.
- Date of release
- 1953-02-18
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (39)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Director
- Curt Siodmak
Casting
- Richard Carlson — Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- King Donovan — Dr. Dan Forbes
- Leo Britt — Dr. Benton
- Jean Byron — Connie Stewart
- Harry Ellerbe — Dr. Allard
- Frank Gerstle — Col. Willis
- John Vosper — Capt. Dyer
- Byron Foulger — Mr. Simon
- Leonard Mudie — Howard Denker
- Kathleen Freeman — Nelly
- William Benedict — Albert
- John Zaremba — Chief Watson
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