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The Cyclops (1957)
Topic Started: Oct 30 2010, 07:33 AM (460 Views)
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Oh, brother... is THIS one a pip.

Gloria Talbott is looking for her fiance Bruce, who vanished in Mexico after a plane crash three years earlier. She suckers three guys into helping her, a Clark Gable-wannabe who is madly in love with her, a pilot who likes dough, see, and Lon Chaney, Jr., a nut who is looking for uranium so that he can get richer. Lon wears coveralls and looks a lot like Goober Pyle's drunken uncle, Gopher Pyle, if you ask me.

Anyway, they hit this remote valley, see, where they find giant animals, movingly portrayed by real-life animals (a mouse, a hawk, a couple of lizards, that sort of thing) who have been blown up optically and who, in best Bert I. Gordon tradition, you can see right through. Oh, yeah, and they Bruce, who is 25 feet tall, has a half a melted face and one silly eye, and who snarls and chases them around a lot, although he sure is nice to Gloria.

This is a terrible movie, even by Bert I. Gordon standards. It preceded the two Amazing Colossal Man films, and in fact, the second one, War of the Colossal Beast, is practically a remake of this one, right down to the similar makeup (and the same guy wearing it). Chaney's a hoot as he staggers about looking for radioactive ore; when he finds it, he holds it in his greasy palm and them bitches about how the radiation is going to change them all into giants. Watch Gloria Talbott, fellers; no matter which blouse she wears, it's torn in the exact same spot on the shoulder. What HAS she been doing?

The FNF crowd liked The Disembodied better. Like that film, The Cyclops is available from Warner Archives.
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From the Warner Archive Collection Facebook page: If, prior to December 1, you ordered a copy of THE CYCLOPS (1957) from warnerarchive.com, your DVD could be missing 6 seconds of footage where the Cyclops removes a bloodied spear from his eye. If you call Customer Service at (866) 373-4389, they'll mail you a replacement DVD of THE CYCLOPS, free of charge, upon verification of your order. Thanks to the fans who alerted us!
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Ah Ha......perhaps that is why it vanished for a period of time from the sale list.....however it is now listed again.......mysteries abound!
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Losing six seconds of The Cyclops is like shaving an eyebrow off the Mona Lisa. Sort of.
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