The Cosmic Man

The Cosmic Man (1959)

The Thing That Could Destroy the Earth!

A strange sphere settles down in a California canyon, causing both the scientific and military communities to gather around to investigate.

Date of release
1959-02-17
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (16)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction
Director
Herbert S. Greene

Casting

Interesting facts

The Cosmic Man is a 1959 independently made black-and-white science fiction film, directed by Herbert S. Greene and produced by Robert A. Terry. The film stars John Carradine, Bruce Bennett and Angela Greene. The narrative concerns an extraterrestrial being who, just as the space age is beginning, comes to Earth bearing a message of interplanetary peace and understanding, only to clash with the military. The Cosmic Man was made by Futura Productions Inc. and was distributed in the US by Allied Artists and in the UK by Associated British-Pathé.

Production

The Cosmic Man was "shot quickly, primarily on a hotel lobby set, and in Griffith Park" in Los Angeles, where the Griffith Observatory was used as the Pacific Institute of Technology. Although filmed in 1958, the movie was not released until 1959.

For its release in the UK, the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) reviewed the film in May 1959 and granted it a U-certificate, which allowed it to be shown to audiences of all ages. No cuts were required of the film. As such, the UK version runs the same length of time, just over 72 minutes, as the version shown in the US.

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