The Incredible Shrinking Man

Name: The Incredible Shrinking Man
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: February 22, 1957
Duration: 81 min
Rating: 73
Cast: April Kent, Billy Curtis, Diana Darrin, Frank J. Scannell, Grant Williams

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 22, 1957 | TV-PG

Starring: April Kent, Billy Curtis, Diana Darrin, Frank J. Scannell, Grant Williams, Helene Marshall, Paul Langton, Randy Stuart, Raymond Bailey, William Schallert

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

Director: Jack Arnold

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 81 min

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Not merely the best of Arnold's classic sci-fi movies of the '50s, but one of the finest films ever made in that genre. Read full review

Mike Clark

Sci- fi classic. [20 Dec 1991, p.3D]

Lawrence O'Toole

The most unpretentious and poignant sci-fi film of them all. Read full review

Calvin Wilson

Not many science-fiction films can accurately be described as poignant, especially those from the kitschy 1950s. But The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) definitely qualifies. [26 Jun 2008, p.4]

Michael Wilmington

Classic low-budget '50s sci-fi thriller, brilliantly scripted by Richard Matheson from his novel. [01 Sep 2006, p.C7]

John Hartl

An ordinary house cat and a basement spider become ferocious adversaries of tiny Grant Williams in director Jack Arnold's vision of an upside-down world. [31 Oct 2010, p.H6]

Bosley Crowther

Unless a viewer is addicted to freakish ironies, the unlikely spectacle of Mr. Williams losing an inch of height each week, while his wife, Randy Stuart, looks on helplessly, will become tiresome before Universal has emptied its lab of science-fiction clichés. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 24, 2021

This is very much a 'curio' of a film. The old fashioned special effects appear pretty farcical nowadays but its certainly an entertaining watch never the less. It made me chuckle to see that its part categorised as a horror film - suffice to say its really not frightening at all, withThis is very much a 'curio' of a film. The old fashioned special effects appear pretty farcical nowadays but its certainly an entertaining watch never the less. It made me chuckle to see that its part categorised as a horror film - suffice to say its really not frightening at all, with potentially the exception of a moment towards the end featuring an insect. This is like an old fashioned one person 'The Borrowers' or 'Honey I Shrunk The Kids' type film, only in black and white. The plot isn't very thoroughly thought out. I found the ending a little abrupt, for one thing. I would recommend this if your particularly interested in classic old horror/sci-fi films.… Expand

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