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25/10/1957 Science Fiction, Adventure, Thriller 1h 20m
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Growing...! Growing...! Growing...! To a Giant! to a Monster! When will it stop?

Overview

Lt. Col. Glenn Manning is inadvertently exposed to a plutonium bomb blast and although he sustains burns over 90% of his body, he survives. Then he begins to grow, but as he grows he starts losing his mind. By the time he stops he is 50 ft tall, insane and is on the rampage.

  1. Bert I. Gordon

    Director

  2. George Worthing Yates

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Glenn Langan

    Lt. Col. Glenn Manning

  2. Cathy Downs

    Carol Forrest

  3. William Hudson

    Dr. Paul Linstrom

  4. Larry Thor

    Maj. Eric Coulter, MD

  5. James Seay

    Col. Hallock

  6. Russ Bender

    Richard Kingman

  7. Hank Patterson

    Henry

  8. Frank Jenks

    Truck Driver

  9. Jimmy Cross

    Sergeant at Reception Desk

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by Sierbahnn
Written by Sierbahnn on 2026-06-16
They made a real effort
Given the technology available to the team making this, for the budget they had, they tried. Some of the effects, with the giant, as not great, not even by the 50's standards. Certainly it looks hokey to us.

As they were using a man for the colossus, they could not use a stop-motion miniature as King Kong, and I think the movie suffered for it. They didn't even make a hand to interact with things on the ground, and it was a bad choice.

It isn't a bad movie, but it certainly could not live up to Kong, doing the same giant-things.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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