John Dodsworth Dr. Carthwright as Dr. Curt Siodmak Herbert L. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Working for O. Investigating further, they eventually trace the source of the magnetism to an airborn flight carrying scientist Howard Denker, now dying of radiation poisoning, who has carted on board with him a new radioactive element which he has bombarded with alpha particles for hours.
The element, dubbed 'serranium' grows geometrically by creating matter out of energy which it absorbs from metallic objects surrounding it. Stewart calculates that if the substance is not destroyed soon that within 24 hours or so it will have grown large enough to throw Earth out of its orbit. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia Uses stock footage of the underground magneto-dynamo from the German science fiction thriller Gold Goofs When the flight 17 that is carrying Dr.
Denker and the new element is called back to the airport, the radio call is crystal clear - despite the fact that element, being magnetic, causes a tremendous amount of interference with radio, TV, and radar, as explained in earlier narration.
Quotes Howard Denker : It's hungry! Connections Edited from Gold User reviews 48 Review. Top review. One of the best sci-fi B-movies of the Fifties!
Stalwart hero-scientist Carlson is really terrific and convincing too; stock footage of dynamo is realistically intercut with new footage of a movie set built to look exactly like the one in the German film GOLD , in which stock footage from the film is intercut with new footage. The film succeeds on all levels, made for an adult audience, and although a 'modern' American film, it had a film crew with a heritage in German impressionist cinema of the s.
Highly recommended! Great Science Fiction! Probably the only Fifties SF film besides ON THE BEACH to show the nuclear radiation problem realistically; especially chilling is the scene on board an airliner where the nuclear scientist who had a hand in creating the monster Leonard Mudie is dying of nuclear radiation and his gums are bleeding while he holds onto a briefcase in his lap containing the radioactive isotope. Rushed to a hospital after the plane lands, he dies in isolation. And a formidable, unknown, unseen monster!
Dejael Nov 16, The element, dubbed 'serranium' grows geometrically by creating matter out of energy which it absorbs from metallic objects surrounding it. Stewart calculates that if the substance is not destroyed soon that within 24 hours or so it will have grown large enough to throw Earth out of its orbit. With the discovery of atomic power the government has set up a special group, the Office of Scientific Investigation or OSI, to look into strange phenomena.
Those who work there are known as A-Men A as in Atom and they are called in when a local appliance store owner finds that all of their products have become highly magnetized.
The scientists are puzzled but their investigation leads them to a scientist who has invented a new element of tremendous power. Unless they can find a way to stop its growth, it will destroy the Earth. Sign In. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page.
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