Fresh
A moving, strangely pantheist assertion of what it really means to be alive. A pulp masterpiece.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The Incredible Shrinking Man
A fascinating adventure into the unknown!
1957 · 1h 21m · Approved
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Jack Arnold
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The Incredible Shrinking Man
Overview
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Director and cast
- Jack Arnold Director
- Grant Williams as Scott Carey
- Randy Stuart as Louise Carey
- April Kent as Clarice Bruce
- Paul Langton as Charlie Carey
- Raymond Bailey as Doctor Thomas Silver
- William Schallert as Doctor Arthur Bramson
- Frank J. Scannell as Barker
- Helene Marshall as Nurse
- Diana Darrin as Nurse
- Billy Curtis as Midget
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Unless a viewer is addicted to freakish ironies, the unlikely spectacle of Mr. Williams losing an inch of height each week will become tiresome before Universal has emptied its lab of science-fiction cliches.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
The surreal intensity of outsize objects that loom as the hero shrinks is handled effectively, and the mystical happy ending is a better payoff than one would expect of the genre.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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