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''The Cyclops'' is a delightful bit of 1957 SciFiHorror hokum directed by Creator/BertIGordon.

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''The Cyclops'' is a delightful bit of 1957 SciFiHorror hokum film directed by Creator/BertIGordon.
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* DeterminedWidow: Susan. [[spoiler:Somewhat subverted in that firstly, she and Bruce never married, and secondly, he isn't dead, but he may as well be, and she fits the trope otherwise.]]
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* NuclearNasty: Uranium-induced giants.

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* NuclearNasty: NuclearMutant: Uranium-induced giants.

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* BBCQuarry: The cyclops' lair is none other than Bronson Canyon.


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* BronsonCanyonAndCaves: The cyclops' lair is none other than Bronson Canyon.
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-->-- '''[[Creator/JamesRolfe James Rolfe]]''', ''Cinemassacre's Monster Madness''

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-->-- '''[[Creator/JamesRolfe James Rolfe]]''', ''Cinemassacre's Monster Madness''
'''Creator/JamesRolfe''', ''WebVideo/CinemassacresMonsterMadness''
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Pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) disappears while flying over Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, his fiancée Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville (Creator/LonChaneyJr), biologist Russ Bradford (James Craig), and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake).

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Pilot Three years after test pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) disappears while flying over the Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, Mexico, his fiancée Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of teaming up with wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville (Creator/LonChaneyJr), biologist Russ Bradford (James Craig), and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake).
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Pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) disappears while flying over Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, his fiance Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville (Creator/LonChaneyJr), biologist Russ Bradford (James Craig), and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake).

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Pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) disappears while flying over Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, his fiance fiancée Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville (Creator/LonChaneyJr), biologist Russ Bradford (James Craig), and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake).

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''The Cyclops'' is a delightful bit of 1957 hokum directed [[Creator/BertIGordon Bert I. Gordon]]. Pilot Bruce Barton disappears while flying over Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, his fiance Susan Winter throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville, biologist Russ Bradford and pilot Lee Brand.

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''The Cyclops'' is a delightful bit of 1957 SciFiHorror hokum directed [[Creator/BertIGordon Bert I. Gordon]]. by Creator/BertIGordon.

Pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) disappears while flying over Tarahuamare Mountains in Mexico. Three years later, his fiance Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) throws together an expedition to search for him, consisting of wealthy stock speculator Marty Melville, Melville (Creator/LonChaneyJr), biologist Russ Bradford (James Craig), and pilot Lee Brand.
Brand (Tom Drake).
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It becomes evident that Bruce isn’t the sole object of Marty’s search. He’s brought a radiation-detecting device with him (which he refers to as a “scintilator” and which resembles a hair dryer the prop department tricked out) in the hopes of locating uranium deposits so he can file a claim with the Mexican government as part of some kind of swindle/get-rich-quick scheme.

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It becomes evident that Bruce isn’t isn't the sole object of Marty’s Marty's search. He’s He's brought a radiation-detecting device with him (which he refers to as a “scintilator” "scintilator" and which resembles a hair dryer the prop department tricked out) in the hopes of locating uranium deposits so he can file a claim with the Mexican government as part of some kind of swindle/get-rich-quick scheme.



Monsters or no monsters, Susan is determined to find Bruce, and the gang presses on. But the giant animals aren’t the only dangers of the valley. The biggest mutant of all is an enormous man some fifty feet tall, with one side of his face partially melted, obliterating his eye, while his remaining eye is bulbous and glaring. Seemingly unintelligent, the “cyclops” bellows, roars and grunts, and becomes hellbent on capturing the interloping humans… especially Susan, who begins suspecting a connection between the cyclops and Bruce.

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Monsters or no monsters, Susan is determined to find Bruce, and the gang presses on. But the giant animals aren’t the only dangers of the valley. The biggest mutant of all is an enormous man some fifty feet tall, with one side of his face partially melted, obliterating his eye, while his remaining eye is bulbous and glaring. Seemingly unintelligent, the “cyclops” "cyclops" bellows, roars and grunts, and becomes hellbent on capturing the interloping humans… especially Susan, who begins suspecting a connection between the cyclops and Bruce.



* NightmareFace: The cyclops' face is quite horrific for 1950s makeup, similar to Glenn Manning in the later ''Film/WarOfTheColossalBeast'', also directed by Bert I. Gordon (it's even the same actor, Duncan "Dean" Parkin, as both monsters).

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* NightmareFace: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cyclops_3384.jpg The cyclops' face face]] is quite horrific for 1950s makeup, horrific, similar to Glenn Manning in the later ''Film/WarOfTheColossalBeast'', also directed by Bert I. Gordon (it's even the same actor, Duncan "Dean" Parkin, as both monsters).
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* OffTheShelfFX: Much has been made by critics about the "scintilator" Marty uses. It may or may not be some type of 50s-era radiation detector, but it which looks more like a tricked-out futuristic hairdryer.

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* OffTheShelfFX: Much has been made by critics about the "scintilator" Marty uses. It may or may not be some type of 50s-era radiation detector, but it which looks more like a tricked-out futuristic hairdryer.
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* OffTheShelfFX: Much has been made about the "scintilator" Marty uses, which looks less like a piece of radiation-detecting equipment and more like a tricked-out futuristic hairdryer.

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* OffTheShelfFX: Much has been made by critics about the "scintilator" Marty uses, uses. It may or may not be some type of 50s-era radiation detector, but it which looks less like a piece of radiation-detecting equipment and more like a tricked-out futuristic hairdryer.

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