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Creature with the Atom Brain is a 1955 American black-and-white zombie science-fiction film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Sam Katzman, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger and Gregory Gaye. The screenplay was written by Curt Siodmak.
An ex-Nazi mad scientist uses radio-controlled atomic-powered zombies in his quest to help an exiled American gangster return to power.
Plot[]
A hulking zombie breaks into a mansion and kills a gangster named Hennesy. The glowing bloodstains left behind at the crime scene are radioactive, as are the killer's fingerprints –which are of a man who had died days before. The police are baffled, but begin their investigation.
They soon discover that the connection between Hennesy and subsequent murders is Frank Buchanan, a former crime boss who had been deported to Europe. While there, Buchanan funded the research of German scientist Wilhelm Steigg to reanimate the dead. Having returned (with Steigg still beholden to him for funding) to the States, Buchanan seeks revenge on all who had sent him to prison in the first place.
The zombies, although they move fairly slowly, obey their radioed commands explicitly. They have no initiative, but can readily navigate the city and perform fairly complex tasks. They can drive, speak on behalf of Buchanan (including over the phone), are impervious to bullets, including those fired at point-blank range, and can bend steel bars and tear off steering wheels with ease. They also all have large scars visible on their foreheads from their brain surgery.
Following the fantastic yet irrefutable clues under the leadership of Chet Walker, both police and army troops eventually converge on Buchanan's mansion. Buchanan summarily kills Steigg and sends out a horde of zombies to battle them. Walker smashes the atomic-powered equipment which controls them, rendering them useless.
Cast[]
- Richard Denning as Dr. Chet Walker
- Angela Stevens as Joyce Walker
- S. John Launer as Capt. Dave Harris
- Michael Granger as Frank Buchanan
- Gregory Gaye as Dr. Wilhelm Steigg
- Linda Bennett as Penny Walker
- Tristram Coffin as District Attorney McGraw
- Harry Lauter as Reporter #1
- Larry J. Blake as Reporter #2
- Charles Evans as Chief Camden
- Pierre Watkin as Mayor Bremer
- Lane Chandler as Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
- Richard H. Cutting as Dick Cutting, radio broadcaster (uncredited)
- Charles Horvath as Creature Extra (uncredited)
External links[]
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) at the Internet Movie Database- Creature with the Atom Brain (film) at Wikipedia
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