Robot Monster (1953)
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- Approved
- 1h 6min
- Comedy, Family
- 25 Jun 1953 (USA)
- Movie
The monstrous Ro-Man attempts to annihilate the last family alive on Earth, but finds himself falling for their beautiful daughter.
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Cast verified as complete
George Nader | ... |
Roy
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Claudia Barrett | ... |
Alice
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Selena Royle | ... |
Mother
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John Mylong | ... |
The Professor
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Gregory Moffett | ... |
Johnny
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Pamela Paulson | ... |
Carla
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George Barrows | ... |
Ro-Man the Monster / Great Guidance
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John Brown | ... |
Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
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Directed by
Phil Tucker |
Written by
Wyott Ordung | ... | (original screenplay) |
Produced by
Phil Tucker | ... | producer |
Alan Winston | ... | associate producer |
Al Zimbalist | ... | executive producer |
Music by
Elmer Bernstein |
Cinematography by
Jack Greenhalgh | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Merrill G. White | ... | (as Merrill White) |
Editorial Department
Bruce Schoengarth | ... | associate editor |
Makeup Department
Stanley E. Campbell | ... | makeup artist (as Stan Campbell) |
Production Management
Clarence Eurist | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert E. Barnes | ... | assistant director (as Robert Barnes) |
Art Department
John Orlando | ... | property master |
Sound Department
Lyle Willey | ... | sound director (as Lyle E. Willey) |
Visual Effects by
David Commons | ... | special photographic effects |
Jack Rabin | ... | special photographic effects |
Roy Seawright | ... | dinosaur sequences (uncredited) (archiveFootage) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Gordon Avil | ... | stereo director |
Ben Colman | ... | stereo technician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henry West | ... | wardrobe |
Music Department
Elmer Bernstein | ... | music director |
Script and Continuity Department
Ted Schilz | ... | script supervisor (as Teddy Schilz) |
Additional Crew
Irving Lerner | ... | production associate |
Herbert G. Luft | ... | assistant to producer (as Herbert Luft) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Astor Pictures (1953) (United States) (theatrical)
- Exclusive Films (1953) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Peerless Films (1954) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (1990) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc) (for SVS Video)
- Medallion TV Enterprises (1961) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
- Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Corinth Films (2000) (United States) (copyright owner)
- Image Entertainment (2000) (United States) (DVD)
- Przestrzen Inicjatyw Twórczych Tektura (2012) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Rhino Home Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Sony Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Stream Go Media (2022) (World-wide)
Special Effects
- Consolidated Film Industries (CFI) (optical effects)
Other Companies
- N. A. Fisher Chemical Products (automatic billion bubble machine)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Ro-Man, an alien that looks remarkably like a gorilla in a diving helmet, has destroyed all but six people on the planet Earth. He spends the entire film trying to finish off these survivors, but complications arise when he falls for the young woman in the group. Love that bubble machine!
Written by Ray Hamel |
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Taglines | Adventures Into The Future in New TRU-3 Dimension See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $16,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | This was one of the most lucrative movies of its day, with a box office of more than $1 million on a budget of $20,000. See more » |
Goofs | Obvious hand holding the rocket ship flying to earth. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited from One Million B.C. (1940). See more » |
Crazy Credits | Automatic Billion Bubble Machine by N.A. Fisher Chemical Products, Inc. See more » |
Quotes |
Ro-Man:
I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! See more » |