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Tobor the Great (1954)

Tobor the Great (1954)

Science Fiction

A Man-Made Monster With Every Human Emotion

Release Date: 1954, September 1
Directors: Lee Sholem
Countries: United States of America
Production: Dudley Pictures Corporation, Dudley Pictures Corporation
Cast: Taylor Holmes, William Schallert, Steven Geray, Billy Chapin, Charles Drake, Henry Kulky, Franz Roehn, Lyle Talbot, Hal Baylor, Karin Booth

Overview:

To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.

Keywords:

space travel robot space explosion cold war scientist spacecraft professor reporter meteor test pilot rocket