The Cyclops

The Cyclops
Theatrical poster to The Cyclops (1957)
Directed by	Bert I. Gordon
Produced by	Bert I. Gordon
Written by	Bert I. Gordon
Starring	James Craig Gloria Talbott and Duncan Parkin
Music by	Albert Glasser
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Editing by	Carlo Lodato
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date(s)	July 28, 1957
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Cyclops (1957) is a science fiction film starring James Craig, Lon Chaney Jr. and Gloria Talbott.

Plot

A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico. However, while searching the area, they uncover giant mutated Earth animals such as giant snakes and lizards, behemoth bugs, oversized mammals and a mutated 50 ft. tall one-eyed human monster in the jungle who became disfugured due to a dose of radioactivity.

Cast

• James Craig — Russ Bradford
• Gloria Talbott — Susan Winter
• Lon Chaney Jr. (credited as Lon Chaney) — Martin 'Marty' Melville
• Tom Drake — Lee Brand
• Duncan Parkin — Bruce Barton/The Cyclops
• Vincente Padula — The governor
• Marlene Kloss — Salesgirl
• Paul Frees — vocal effects for The Cyclops

Production

Duncan Parkin also played Col. Manning in the War of the Colossal Beast, which is the sequel to The Amazing Colossal Man, basically playing the same disfigured giant in both pictures.

A clip of "The Cyclops" was used as part of the Original Opening Sequence of WPIX Channel 11 New York's "Chiller Theatre" back in the 1960's.

In the movie, there is a scene in which the creature grabs "something", and he gets it, but he also grabs the background as well, revealing the color black behind it.

External links

• The Cyclops at the Internet Movie Database