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Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarr…
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The Magnetic Monster
“Terror swoops through the heart of a city in the dead of night!”
56%
Movie
1h 16m
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The Magnetic Monster (1953) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Magnetic Monster (1953) — a movie tagged as Science Fiction and Horror with dark moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to des… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~76 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Magnetic Monster 56% (37 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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The Magnetic Monster suits viewers who want a dark film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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from 37 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from nearby mass every few hours, doubling its size in the process. Although microscopic, it will soon become big enough to destroy Earth; and how to stop it is yet to be determined. The film's Deltatron special effects footage is taken from the 1934 German sci-fi film GOLD.
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- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1953-02-18
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- TMDB rating
- 5.6
- TMDB ID
- 44692
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The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactivity in Los Angeles, and discovers that a man-made isotope is consuming available energy from near... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Magnetic Monster is approximately 76 minutes.
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Cast
Richard Carlson
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
King Donovan
Dr. Dan Forbes
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Leo Britt
Dr. Benton
Jean Byron
Connie Stewart
Harry Ellerbe
Dr. Allard
Frank Gerstle
Col. Willis
John Vosper
Capt. Dyer
Byron Foulger
Mr. Simon
Leonard Mudie
Howard Denker
Kathleen Freeman
Nelly
William Benedict
Albert
John Zaremba
Chief Watson
Douglas Evans
Pilot
Strother Martin
Co-Pilot
Michael Fox
Dr. Serny
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Watson Downs
Mayor
Lee Phelps
City Engineer
- R
Roy Engel
Gen. Behan
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Richard Carlson struggles to inject much life into this rather dry sci-fi adventure. He and his scientist colleague "Dan" (King Donovan) are called into investigate mysterious goings on in a small town where just about everything metallic appears to have become magnetised. Bizarre, eh? What's causing it? Well that might have something to do with poorly scientist "Denker" (Leonard Mudie) who is travelling on an aircraft with a briefcase containing an highly toxic, radioactive, element that absorbs energy from adjacent metallic objects allowing it to expand exponentially. It's soon down to our intrepid duo to come up with a way of destroying it before it becomes huge enough to destabilise the Earth's orbit. This has one big problem for me - it has no object or creature for me to focus on as the danger. The film consists of loads and loads of dialogue, a bit of romance from Carlson and his wife "Connie" (Jean Byron) but until the last ten minutes, nowhere near enough actual action to keep the momentum going for what seemed like an over-long seventy-five minutes of haring about and chatter.
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