The Magnetic Monster
Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!
1953 · 1h 16m · APPROVED
Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Curt Siodmak
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.)
Director and cast
- Curt Siodmak Director
- Richard Carlson as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
- King Donovan as Dr. Dan Forbes
- Leo Britt as Dr. Benton
- Jean Byron as Connie Stewart
- Harry Ellerbe as Dr. Allard
- Frank Gerstle as Col. Willis
- John Vosper as Capt. Dyer
- Byron Foulger as Mr. Simon
- Leonard Mudie as Howard Denker
- Kathleen Freeman as Nelly
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