Cinematography:
Charles Van EngerCast:
Richard Carlson, Jean Byron, Leo Britt, Strother Martin, Harry Ellerbe, Kathleen Freeman, Byron Foulger, Donald Kerr, John Zaremba, William 'Billy' Benedict (more)Plots(1)
Working for O.S.I., the Office of Scientific Investigation, A-Man agent Jeffrey Stewart and his partner Dan Forbes are sent to a local hardware store where they find a strong magnetic field has magnetized every metal item in the store. Investigating further, they eventually trace the source of the magnetism to an airborne flight carrying scientist Howard Denker, now dying of radiation poisoning, who has carted on board with him a new radioactive element which he has bombarded with alpha particles for 200 hours. The element, dubbed 'serranium' grows geometrically by creating matter out of energy which it absorbs from metallic objects surrounding it. Stewart calculates that if the substance is not destroyed soon that within 24 hours or so it will have grown large enough to throw Earth out of its orbit. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Richard Carlson
USA
Best movies:
The Little Foxes (1941)
Change of Habit (1969)
All I Desire (1953)
Jean Byron
USA
Best movies:
Columbo: Ransom for a Dead Man (1971) (TV movie)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
The Magnetic Monster (1953)
Leo Britt
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
The Court Jester (1955)
Strother Martin
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Harry Ellerbe
USA
Best movies:
The Young Lions (1958)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
Kathleen Freeman
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Shrek (2001)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Byron Foulger
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
John Zaremba
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Human Desire (1954)
William 'Billy' Benedict
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Killing (1956)
Roy Engel
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Spartacus (1960)
Charles Williams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
King Donovan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Storm Warning (1951)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Michael Fox
USA
Best movies:
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Frank Gerstle
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Bullitt (1968)
Leonard Mudie
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
John Vosper
USA
Best movies:
Notorious (1946)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
John Dodsworth
UK
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Douglas Evans
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Quiet Man (1952)