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Released
1957 · FILM

The Incredible Shrinking Man

A scientist who begins mysteriously shrinking must battle everyday household dangers—from spiders to his own cat—to survive as he becomes smaller than a bug.

A fascinating adventure into the unknown!

Directed by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
81 min
HorrorSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Scott Carey is exposed to a dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide, causing him to shrink slowly over time until he is only a few inches tall. As his size decreases, his home transforms into a hostile wilderness, where he must evade threats ranging from spiders in the cellar to his own family's pet cat.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 15

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Albrecht JosephShot by Ellis W Carter

Box Office

1957 · Box office

Produced on a $750K budget

Production budget

$750K

Also known as

  • Die unglaubliche Geschichte des Mr. Cde
  • L'Homme qui rétrécitfr
  • Radiazioni BX: distruzione uomoit

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