Tobor the Great (1954)
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.
- Released
- 1954-09-01
- Genres
- Science Fiction
- Runtime
- 77 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Philip MacDonald, Lee Sholem
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 34 votes
Cast
- Charles Drake as Dr. Ralph Harrison
- Karin Booth as Janice Roberts
- Billy Chapin as Brian 'Gadge' Roberts
- Taylor Holmes as Prof. Arnold Nordstrom
- Steven Geray as The Foreign Spy-Chief
- Henry Kulky as Paul (Spy Henchman)
- Franz Roehn as Karl
- Hal Baylor as Max (Spy Henchman)
- William Schallert as Johnston - a Reporter
- Lyle Talbot as An Admiral