Directed by:
Joseph SargentScreenplay:
James BridgesCinematography:
Gene PolitoComposer:
Michel ColombierCast:
Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Georg Stanford Brown, Willard Sage, Marion Ross, Martin E. Brooks, Robert Cornthwaite (more)Plots(1)
Fourteen years before The Terminator (and only two years after HAL refused to open the pod door), there was another, lesser-known tale of a supercomputer seizing control of the world and trying to eradicate humanity. Engineer Dr. Charles A. Forbin, who convinces the U.S. Defense Department to let his "Colossus" control the country's nuclear arsenal, then watches in horror as his creation goes over his head and starts communicating with the Soviet's own electronic brain. Colossus is The granddaddy of all "computer run amok" films. (Mediumrare Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Eric Braeden
German Empire
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Morituri (1965)
Susan Clark
Canada
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Skin Game (1971)
Murder by Decree (1979)
Gordon Pinsent
Canada
Best movies:
Saint Ralph (2004)
The Shipping News (2001)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
William Schallert
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Georg Stanford Brown
Cuba
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - actor, a.f.
North and South (1985) (series)
Willard Sage
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Lover Come Back (1961)
Marion Ross
USA
Best movies:
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Lust for Life (1956)
Sabrina (1954)
Martin E. Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Street Gun (1996)
Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980) (TV movie) - a.f.
Robert Cornthwaite
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Paul Frees
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Grand Prix (1966)
William Traylor
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Byron Morrow
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Fred Holliday
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Airport (1970)
Dolph Sweet
USA
Best movies:
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Swimmer (1968)
Alex Rodine
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
Funny Girl (1968)
Armour of God (1986)
Don Ross
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
John Davey
Best movies:
3 Women (1977)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
The Late Show (1977)