The Incredible Shrinking Man
Horror, Science Fiction
 (1957) 81 mins Passed

7.7
Whe Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him....

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Cast and Crew
Grant Williams  ......  Scott Carey
Randy Stuart  ......  Louise Carey
April Kent  ......  Clarice
Paul Langton  ......  Charles Carey
Raymond Bailey  ......  Dr. Thomas Silver
William Schallert  ......  Dr. Arthur Bramson
Director  .....  Jack Arnold
Producer  .....  Albert Zugsmith
Writer  .....  Richard Matheson; Richard Alan Simmons
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Scott approaches the bird behind the wire mesh, he is holding the piece of cake with his left hand. Next shot the piece of cake is in his right hand. (more)

Trivia:
Orson Welles did the narration for the trailer for this film. He was at Universal working on Touch of Evil (1958) (more)

Quotes:
[closing soliloquy narration]
Scott Carey: I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? If there were other bursts of radiation, other clouds drifting across seas and continents, would other beings follow me into this vast new world...
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Awards:
1 win (more)