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18/02/1953 Science Fiction, Horror 1h 16m
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Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!

Overview

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.

  1. Curt Siodmak

    Director

  2. Herbert L. Strock

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Carlson

    Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

  2. King Donovan

    Dr. Dan Forbes

  3. Leo Britt

    Dr. Benton

  4. Jean Byron

    Connie Stewart

  5. Harry Ellerbe

    Dr. Allard

  6. Frank Gerstle

    Col. Willis

  7. John Vosper

    Capt. Dyer

  8. Byron Foulger

    Mr. Simon

  9. Leonard Mudie

    Howard Denker

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-05-30
Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarre, eh? What's causing it? Well that might have something to do with poorly scientist "Denker" (Leonard Mudie) who is travelling on an aircraft with a briefcase containing an highly toxic, radioactive, element that absorbs energy from adjacent metallic objects allowing it to expand exponentially. It's soon down to our i...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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