Colossus: The Forbin Project
“This is the dawning of the Age of Colossus (where peace is compulsory... freedom is forbidden... and Man's greatest invention could be Man's greatest mistake).”
Synopsis
The United States has transferred control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer, developed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes evident that the now-sentient Colossus is significantly more intelligent than Forbin had anticipated, with the fate of the world at stake.
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Principal cast & crew: 32
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Edited by Folmar BlangstedShot by Gene PolitoScored by Michel Colombier
Box Office
1970 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.2× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$309K
Also known as
- Colossusde
- Le Cerveau d'acierfr
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Cast & Crew
32 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Eric Braeden
as Dr. Charles Forbin
Susan Clark
as Dr. Cleo Markham
Gordon Pinsent
as The President
William Schallert
as CIA Director Grauber
Leonid Rostoff
as Russian Chairman
Georg Stanford Brown
as Dr. John F. Fisher
Willard Sage
as Dr. Blake
Alex Rodine
as Dr. Kuprin
Martin E Brooks
as Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson
Marion Ross
as Angela Fields
Dolph Sweet
as Missile Commander
Byron Morrow
as Secretary of State
Supporting cast
12Lew Brown
as Peterson
Sid Mccoy
as Secretary of Defense
James Hong
as Dr. Chin
Robert Cornthwaite
as First Scientist
Tom Basham
as Thomas L. Harrison
Serge Tschernisch
as Translator
John Davey
as Military officer on phone (uncredited)
Paul Frees
as Colossus (voice) (uncredited)
Fred Holliday
as Military Computer Entry - Missile Launch (uncredited)
Robert Quarry
as Scientist (uncredited)
Don Ross
as Logan US Air Force (uncredited)
William Traylor
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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