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).
1970 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
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| Writer: | James Bridges, D.F. Jones |
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| The U.S. has handed over control of its nuclear defense system to the Colossus supercomputer designed by scientist Dr. Charles Forbin. It soon becomes clear, that the now-sentient Colossus is far more intelligent than its creator realized—with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 08, 1970 |
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| Director: | Joseph Sargent |
| Writer: | James Bridges, D.F. Jones |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Keywords | artificial intelligence (a.i.), based on novel or book, usa president, cold war, super computer, computer, scientist, technology runs amok, computer scientist, new technology |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eric Braeden | Dr Charles Forbin |
| Susan Clark | Dr. Cleo Markham |
| Gordon Pinsent | The President |
| William Schallert | CIA Director Grauber |
| Georg Stanford Brown | Dr. John F. Fisher |
| Willard Sage | Dr. Blake |
| Alex Rodine | Dr. Kuprin |
| Martin E. Brooks | Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson |
| Marion Ross | Angela Fields |
| Dolph Sweet | Missile Commander |
| Byron Morrow | Secretary of State |
| Lew Brown | Peterson |
| Sid McCoy | Secretary of Defense |
| James Hong | Dr. Chin |
| Robert Cornthwaite | First Scientist |
| Tom Basham | Thomas L. Harrison |
| Leonid Rostoff | Russian Chairman |
| Serge Tschernisch | Translator |
| John Davey | Military officer on phone (uncredited) |
| Paul Frees | Colossus (voice) (uncredited) |
| Fred Holliday | Military Computer Entry - Missile Launch (uncredited) |
| Robert Quarry | Scientist (uncredited) |
| Don Ross | Logan US Air Force (uncredited) |
| William Traylor | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Joseph Sargent | Director |
| James Bridges | Screenplay |
| Michel Colombier | Original Music Composer |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| John J. Lloyd | Art Direction |
| D.F. Jones | Novel |
| Gene Polito | Director of Photography |
| Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
| Bert Steinberger | Dialogue Coach |
| Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Robin S. Clark | Assistant Director |
| Terry Kellum | Sound |
| Ronald Pierce | Sound |
| Waldon O. Watson | Sound |
| Name | Title |
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| Stanley Chase | Producer |
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This film is an overlooked classic. Very rarely seen on TV. It is both a science fiction tale and a Cold War drama. The United States creates a super computer to control its defence systems. This advanced machine has its own intelligence so that it can absorb the mass of data required to manage ... the nuclear arsenal. Dr Charles Forbin the creator of this computer called Colossus. Forbin is soon informed that there is another system created in the Soviet Union called Guardian and both computers start communicating with each other. The computers start dictating terms/ making demands of their human masters. Forbin is charged with stopping the machines before its too late. What is chilling is that the computers are far more smarter than the humans and things get very tricky. I can't say anymore, give this is go. This film is the forerunner for films like The Matrix and The Terminator. Great stuff.