TOBOR THE GREAT - BLU

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Science-Fiction
• Plot: Newly remastered in HD! A man-made monster with every human emotion! To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom (Tayler Holmes, 'Quicksand') creates a highly advanced for 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 (Billy Chapmin, 'Night of the Hunter'), 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, Tobor. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend and face a mechanical monstrocity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction. Serial and TV veteran Lee Sholem ('Superman and the Mole Men') directed this cult classic shot by the great John L. Russel ('Psycho'), and starring Charles Drake ('It Came From Outer Space'), Karin Booth ('Jungle Man-Eaters') and Steven Geray (Gilda).
• Cast: Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Taylor Holmes, Steven Geray, Henry Kulky, Franz Roehn, Hal Baylor, Peter Brocco, Jack Daly, Franklyn Farnum, Norman Field, Art Gilmore, Maurice Hill, Alan Reynolds, William Schallert, Robert Shayne, Charles Sherlock, Lew Smith, Lyle Talbot, Emmett Vogan, Helen Winston, Lee Sholem
• Director: Lee Sholem
• Runtime: 1:17
• Company: Paramount Pictures, Kino Lorber
• Media Format: Movie