The Colossus of New York

1958 NR 1h 10m 5.8

A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son's brain in a large robot body, with unintended results...

Jeremy Spensser, genius humanitarian, is killed in an accident just after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. His father William, a brilliant brain surgeon, works on the body in secret before burial; later revealing to his other son Henry that he has the brain on life support and hopes to encase it in a robot body! The resulting being is large, strong, and develops many strange powers. Initially it has Jeremy's gentle personality but this, too, begins to change, and a year later it decides to end its long seclusion... Unusual piano music score.

Info about The Colossus of New York

Studio(s): Paramount

Originally Released: Jun 26, 1958

Production Country: United States

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi