The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
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- Approved
- 1h 21min
- Horror, Sci-Fi
- 10 Apr 1957 (Canada)
- Movie
- 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast verified as complete
Grant Williams | ... |
Scott Carey
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Randy Stuart | ... |
Louise Carey
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April Kent | ... |
Clarice Bruce
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Paul Langton | ... |
Charlie Carey
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Raymond Bailey | ... |
Doctor Thomas Silver
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William Schallert | ... |
Doctor Arthur Bramson
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Frank J. Scannell | ... |
Barker
(as Frank Scannell)
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Helene Marshall | ... |
Nurse
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Diana Darrin | ... |
Nurse
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Billy Curtis | ... |
Midget
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Chet Brandenburg | ... |
Balloon Vendor (uncredited)
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John Hiestand | ... |
KIRL TV Newscaster (uncredited)
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Joe LaBarba | ... |
Joe (uncredited)
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Perk Lazelle | ... |
Doctor (uncredited)
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Lock Martin | ... |
Giant (uncredited)
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Orangey | ... |
Butch the Cat (uncredited)
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Regis Parton | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Charles Perry | ... |
Spieler (uncredited)
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Luce Potter | ... |
Violet (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Arnold |
Written by
Richard Matheson | ... | (screenplay by) |
Richard Matheson | ... | (from his novel) |
Richard Alan Simmons | ... | (screenplay by) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Albert Zugsmith | ... | producer (produced by) |
Music by
Irving Gertz | ... | (uncredited) |
Earl E. Lawrence | ... | (uncredited) |
Hans J. Salter | ... | (uncredited) |
Herman Stein | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
Ellis W. Carter | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Albrecht Joseph | ... | (as Al Joseph) |
Editorial Department
Greg Rodin | ... | 4K Digital Restoration: Universal Pictures (uncredited) |
Art Direction by
Robert Clatworthy | ||
Alexander Golitzen |
Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman | ||
Ruby R. Levitt |
Costume Design by
Jay A. Morley Jr. | ... | (gowns) |
Martha Bunch | ... | (uncredited) |
Rydo Loshak | ... | (uncredited) |
Makeup Department
Joan St. Oegger | ... | hair stylist |
Bud Westmore | ... | makeup artist |
Virginia Jones | ... | hairdresser (uncredited) |
Jack Kevan | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Robert Larson | ... | assistant unit manager (uncredited) |
Lew Leary | ... | unit manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Holland | ... | assistant director |
Wilbur Mosier | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Floyd Farrington | ... | props (uncredited) |
Ed Keyes | ... | prop master (uncredited) |
Whitey McMahon | ... | prop maker (uncredited) |
Roy Neel | ... | assistant prop master (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Leslie I. Carey | ... | sound |
Robert Pritchard | ... | sound |
Donald Cunliffe | ... | recordist (uncredited) |
Bob Hirsch | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Henry Janssen | ... | cable man (uncredited) |
George Ohanian | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Roger A. Parish | ... | mike man (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Cleo E. Baker | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Fred Knoth | ... | special effects (uncredited) |
Ardell Lytle | ... | giant match fabricator (uncredited) |
Visual Effects by
Everett H. Broussard | ... | optical effects |
Roswell A. Hoffmann | ... | optical effects (as Roswell A. Hoffman) |
Clifford Stine | ... | special photography |
Camera and Electrical Department
William Dodds | ... | camera operator (uncredited) |
Stanley Guliver | ... | key grip (uncredited) |
Jim Hilbert | ... | co-grip (uncredited) |
Everett Lehman | ... | best boy (uncredited) |
Tom McCrory | ... | special photography (uncredited) |
Tom Ouellette | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Robert Pierce | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
Richard Walling | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Martha Bunch | ... | wardrobe woman (uncredited) |
Rydo Loshak | ... | wardrobe man (uncredited) |
Music Department
Ray Anthony | ... | musician: trumpet soloist |
Joseph Gershenson | ... | music supervisor |
Harris Ashburn | ... | music supervisor (uncredited) |
Ethmer Roten | ... | musician (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Dorothy Hughes | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Reynold Brown | ... | movie poster art (uncredited) |
Ray Gockel | ... | coordinator (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Universal International Pictures (UI) (presents)
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1957) (United States) (theatrical) (as Universal-International)
- Empire Universal Films (1957) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Rank Film Distributors (1957) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Proprietary (1967) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Universal Films of India (1957) (India) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures Corporation of Far East (1957) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- Väinän Filmi (1957) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1957) (France) (theatrical)
- Société Anonyme Universal-Film (1957) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Universal Film (1957) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Universal Filmverleih (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- Ultra Pictures Corporation (1964) (United States) (theatrical) (as 'A Universal-International Reissue')
- TF1 (1975) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (1980) (Finland) (tv)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (Canada) (VHS)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Lecas Films (1989) (Spain) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1991) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1993) (Finland) (tv)
- CST Entertainment Imaging (1996) (United States) (DVD)
- Ciné Cinéfil (1997) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
- Universal Pictures Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Spain (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2011) (United States) (DVD)
- Koch Media (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Elephant Films (2016) (France) (video)
- Arrow Films (2017) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Netflix (2017) (United Kingdom) (video) (VOD)
- Netflix (2017) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
- The Criterion Collection (2021) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- The Criterion Collection (2021) (United States) (DVD)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2021) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Scott Carey and his wife Louise are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser, the small craft adrift on a calm sea. While his wife is below deck, a low mist passes over him. Scott, lying in the sun, is sprinkled with glittery particles that quickly evaporate. Later he is accidentally sprayed with an insecticide while driving and, in the next few days, he finds that he has begun to shrink. First just a few inches, so that his clothes no longer fit, then a little more. Soon he is only three feet tall, and a national curiosity. At six inches tall he can only live in a doll's house and even that becomes impossible when his cat breaks in. Scott flees to the cellar, his wife thinks he has been eaten by the cat and the door to the cellar is closed, trapping him in the littered room where, menaced by a giant spider, he struggles to survive. Written by alfiehitchie |
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Taglines | Almost beyond the imagination . . . A strange adventure into the unknown ! [UK Theatrical] See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Budget | $750,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Richard Matheson's book was written as a series of flashbacks so that you got into the cellar with Scott quickly. Universal insisted on a linear story. They also vetoed key sequences, such as Scott spending the night with the female midget, a drunk homosexual who abuses Scott, a gang of teenagers who terrorize him, and Scott becoming a Peeping Tom secretly spying on a teenage baby-sitter. These were rejected as too risqué for 1957. See more » |
Goofs | Even though the spider in this film is clearly a tarantula, it is shown sitting in a standard spider web. Tarantulas do not build webs like that. They live in burrows or holes. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Incredible Shrinking Man Theme See more » |
Quotes |
[last lines]
Scott Carey: I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world? So close - the infinitesimal and the infinite. But suddenly, I knew they were really the two ends of the same concept. The unbelievably small and the unbelievably vast eventually meet - like the closing of a gigantic circle. I looked up, as if somehow I would grasp the heavens. The universe, worlds beyond number, God's silver tapestry spread across the night. And in that moment, I knew the answer to the riddle of the infinite. I had thought in terms of man's own limited dimension. I had presumed upon nature. That existence begins and ends is man's conception, not nature's. And I felt my body dwindling, melting, becoming nothing. My fears melted away. And in their place came acceptance. All this vast majesty of creation, it had to mean something. And then I meant something, too. Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist! See more » |