Tobor the Great (1954)

5.3/10 77 min Science Fiction

Overview

To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.

Cast

Charles Drake

Dr. Ralph Harrison

Karin Booth

Janice Roberts

Billy Chapin

Brian 'Gadge' Roberts

Taylor Holmes

Prof. Arnold Nordstrom

Steven Geray

The Foreign Spy-Chief

Henry Kulky

Paul (Spy Henchman)

Hal Baylor

Max (Spy Henchman)

William Schallert

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Lyle Talbot

An Admiral

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