The Cosmic Man (1959) John Carradine, Bruce Bennett, Angela Greene | Sci-Fi Movie
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- Out of This Universe! The Thing That Could Destroy the Earth!
A strange sphere settles down in a California canyon, causing both the scientific and military communities to gather around to investigate.
Original title: The Cosmic Man (1959)
Colorized version: • John Carradine | The C...
Director: Herbert S. Greene
Writer: Arthur C. Pierce
Stars: John Carradine, Bruce Bennett, Angela Greene
Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
00:00 Full Movie (with subtitles)
04:42 Mysterious object found in a canyon sparks discussions about antigravity and potential space supremacy.
10:41 Military and scientists collaborate to investigate a mysterious craft with advanced technology from space.
17:03 Encounter with a mysterious cosmic object leads to intrigue and suspense in a military setting.
25:38 Encounter with an unknown cosmic being leads to suspicion of an invasion, mysterious events, and a plan to uncover the truth.
34:23 Scientists study a mysterious sphere with potential for unlimited electricity generation.
44:29 Scientists discuss the power and potential threat of a mysterious sphere, while aiming to establish communication with the Cosmic Man.
53:50 Extraterrestrial visitor warns Earth about the future of civilization and the need for a new way of thinking.
55:54 Late-night discussions about the Cosmic Man's threat and potential solutions unfold amidst chess games.
1:02:45:A mysterious Cosmic Man visits a family, plays chess, and leaves abruptly, causing concern and intrigue. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
I'm 68 this year, and I remember radio theater, and I grew up watching B&W movies & TV. I'll chose B&W any day of the week.
Not a fan of colorized movies. B&W cinematography is different. Colorizing Film-Noir is especially wrong, since it's totally opposed to the filming...
Same here
Me too, I prefer these oldies I’m 66 😂
I'll be 70 and i grew up with these old black and white movies, they are a lot better than anything that comes out now.
I thought I was the only one. 😉🙃
My very last TV was a small B&W. I detest color tvs.
Ansel Adams is my favorite photographer......black & white forever.
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I love the scene where they first saw the sphere. "By the way, did you notice that it's not resting on the ground?" Plus the eerie music, slide rule, Univac, screaming blonde in well-filled sweater, belligerent army brass and trigger-happy soldiers, Griffith Observatory (less James Dean and Sal Mineo), healing powers without saying "Klaatu berata nictoe", so much more to like.
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That "well filled sweater" was so typical of the "The Pyramids of Giza" era (1950-1960). Those bras were stout and heavy!
@@fnersch3367 best ones to bring back.
@@fnersch3367so THATS what they meant by pyramids
Klatu berata nictoe indeed! A phrase everyone should know by heart, just in case....
And the Jacobs ladders plus flasks of warm water plus dry ice.....de rigeur for all 1950s laboratories.
empathy and kindness. what a nice movie.
😢 Goodbye Cosmic Man
I enjoy these b/w movies, I was born in 1961 so I never saw this movie till I was at least 6 years old in 1967. I enjoyed movies like this. Back then they had the best movies and music. I still re-watch the old movies even today at 62.
As a fellow... old guy... I agree! I love old bw sci-fi!
IT'S ODD, WHEN THE DAY IS PRETTY AWFUL AND I CAN'T FIX IT, I CAN TURN ON A B/W SCI= FI AND CALM RIGHT DOWN.😮!??❤❤❤ I'm 72!!😮
Yes. Back when people had morals and values , unlike the disgusting debauchery that exists today where the sickos are allowed to groom our children for their own warped pleasures
There is a colorized version, too: czcams.com/video/qjSAUzPH_kU/video.html
Same here.
Interesting how in many of these old sci-fi movies, the military is often the "enemy" who wants to use brute force to destroy the monster or whatever, without effect..........Usually, science wins......Can't get enough of these old movies, still gives me the creeps, much better than all the newer special effects of today. As a kid in the 50's, I was scared to death watching si-fi, movies, but couldn't stop watching!!!!!!
@Amolpatil509 😉
Clearly, one of the more enlightened UFO movies from the '50s.
Yes, it certainly was.
Dynamic action, exotic locations and a cast of literally some.
This movie has everything!
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It took very little to satisfy viewers in those years. TV and cinema were fascinating.
Today, if you program the right video game you can make someone sit there 14 hours pushing buttons for no legitimate purpose whatsoever and learning nothing. I laugh at those dumbass games the same way you laugh at this movie.
It's one of the films of all time!
Somehow, we wanted to buy into them. Something to distract us on the Sylvania with doors that closed to make us seem sophisticated. With a t.v. lamp on top to protect our eyes from eye strain and a fancy big ashtray only for guests. 👀😉
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ah was easily entertained....
but ah had a great time!
Flash Gordon
Commander Cody
Space Angels!
Sadly. Sgt Gray was dead at 32 before this movie was released as a result of complications following brain surgery. Bruce Bennett, who played Dr Sorensen, lived to 100. He won a silver medal for the shot put in the 1928 Olympics.
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I remember enjoying this at the Base Theater, as a kid in 1960. Brother and I both still enjoy it today. 👍👍& 5⭐
That's amazing that you still remember seeing this in theaters! That was a long time ago and I'm sure you've seen so many movies since then, so to remember actually going to the show house to see it in person as a kid, it must have been pretty spectacular to you at the time!
Given the times of today, versus then, @@dong6839 I relish my memories of _Then,_ to keep my sanity, and hope for all, that those days of decent morality and family entertainment will return.
I was 12 in 1960, but don't remember seeing this movie. So glad to see that it didn't depict ETs negatively. It was a good movie that held my attention.
@@OdeeOz Truly sorry, but our "civilization" is in a downward spiral, as irreversible as the commode you last flushed, and with an even worse destination.
Base Theater as in Air Force Base?
One of my husband’s favorite old sci-fi movies. Thank you for sharing.
It's sad that in our moves as in real life, we tend to destroy what we fear or do not understand, and can't control yet we are arrogant enough to create such powers only to realize later we may be destroying or harming our selfs.
I have to give them credit. This is the first sci-fi film where the military didn't immediately start shooting at the alien space ship.
Yet another example of how we're basically still primates.
It's a Chinese Weather Balloon! LOL
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I was thinking of the same thing. Great minds think alike. 👍
@@KING4aday46 Me Too!😆
If they had waited until it drifted over the Atlantic they could have shot it down, and we would not have to endured this film. But John Carradine might have objected.
Ahhh. the wonderful wilds of Griffith Park! I rode all those roads on my bike when I was a kid😄😄
Where's the lodge located?
I thought that was Griffith Park. I remember a lodge that looked like that somewhere near Sequoia National Park, but don't remember exactly where.
It could be that balloon used in “ The Prisoner” series from the 1960’s.
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Wow, humans appear to be very violent and destructive. They can’t seem to get along with anybody. As I look at what is going on in 2023, I hope and pray that the Cosmic Man can return to clean up human’s big mess! This was a great movie with some great actors. They don’t make them like this anymore.
What frightens me is that this is a true story based on events that really happened!
This movie came 6 years after I was born and we've come a long way...in the wrong direction.
Despite this film being made in 1959 (4 years before I was born) it carries a very important message, a message that is as, if not more-so, that no matter how clever and powerful we THINK we are there is always someone somewhere who is either just as clever and just as strong as us, maybe even more powerful than us, and I am not talking extraterrestrial beings (although that is a distinct possibility) I am talking about how, since WWII there has been a power struggle between the free world and the communists and their allies, a race for ultimate power and control of the earth and everyone and everything upon it, but we just seem to keep hurtling towards our own demise, on one hand you have politicians who play games of brinkmanship and on the other the military waiting to blow everything up, I have no doubt that on both sides of the divide there are the cooler heads that want peace and prosperity for all of us, and politicians that want to force the issue to its conclusion, likewise the military, top brass who want to be prepared for war but side with the cooler heads in government, and then the top brass who believe that if an ultimate weapon was invented that could destroy the enemy completely then that weapon should be used, just like the two opposing sides in this film, scientists versus military and who should find out “what’s inside” the military only thinking of how to weaponise WHATEVER it holds and the scientists who want to ascertain if it can be used with good intentions for the benefit of mankind.
Perhaps one day when, or if, it happens (if it has not already happened), that we get a visit from another world we will see what happens, who will be top-dog, let’s face it if an alien race to turn up their technology will be far superior to our own, and if they come in peace we are more likely to try and destroy them rather than trying to understand them.
@ 55:29 when the cosmonaut said “searching out new worlds” I expected him to carry on and say “and new civilisations, to boldly go where no one has gone before”, and when the cosmonaut was in Dr Sorensens laboratory turning on all the equipment the sounds, at least some of them were definitely Star Trek related, is it possible that Gene Roddenberry got some ideas from this film?.
You have to laugh when the Sgt said “sorry sir I can’t let you out of my sight” as per his orders, but when they ran outside to search for cosmicman Dr Sorenson told the Sgt to check with all the guard posts he complied with uttering a word about his orders, yup, a classic boob by scriptwriters.
Yes, the sound in the lab is the same Star Trek...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You need to lay off the drugs dude.
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Yeah, fine
Classic oscilloscope interpretation: a single dot wiggling around a little, and it's "looks like some kind of antimatter!" Mmmm hmmmm.
Blinking lights, weird noises. I grew up with these movies😁😁😁. Cheers Rosemary Perth Western Australia 72yrs
Ah, yes, the _Theramin._
Staple of 1950s sci - fi flicks.
Hi Rose's from USA😮❤
@patriciapiper6294 hi Patricia, it never ceases to amaze me that within a very short time, we communicate from across the world. At least these old movies didn't have coarse language. I'm probably an old fuddie duddie, but it's pleasant to watch them. Cheers Rosemary
@roses9339 HI Rosemary, Back atcha!! Our Washington state bird is the American Goldfinch. In 72 years I've seen only one. I wish we had Kookaburras like you. It would be very hard to miss one of those cute guys.!!! 😃
Amazing how everything is kept so Top Secret!
The 1950s version of Close Encounters of the First Kind
Not so much.
Glad to see that the ET wasn't portrayed negatively. They're very friendly when you get to know them.😀
Except this is a true story
-- Black and white films are the best. 😊❤️⚪️⚫️
To me as well. I can't believe that the colorized version is beating the B&W version in total views.
@@perrybabin8427 They didn't do a good job of colorizing it. I like the B&W one much better.
@@jessebaldwin2661 I didn't watch it but many are done by AI/computers with (seemingly) no oversight by real people. The colors can fade and shift, especially skin tones, and the movies are ruined by it. If I'm watching an old movie that's been colorized (on DVD, recorded, whatever) on my computer, I'll generally turn the color off (saturation set to 0). As a side note, this is one sci-fi movie that I had never seen so it was a real treat.
the Cosmetic Man, a favorite of mine since childhood
It was fun seeing a slide rule. I still have mine from high school. Those were the calculators in the 50s and 60s. Made in Santa Barbara. This is one of the most intellectually stimulating science fiction movies I've seen.
We still used one in my college Electronics Technology classes in 1970. That was just before the first Texas Instruments LED calculators came out, but all they could do was add, subtract, divide and multiply.
Texas Instruments took care of that. Remember them?
I can’t get over how many movies John Carridine has been in!
what a magnificent voice !
Over a career stretching back at least to end of the 30's (?) I think, like poor Lionel Barrymore, Carradine had disfiguring arthritis in old age, but still stayed busy. I've seen him on "Wagon Train" and "Kolchak." on TV.
@@daphnewilson7966 Kolchak? WAS that the old show about the reporter who always found supernatural things . Loved that show.
@@trevormiles5852yep, with Darren McGaven! Loved that show.
@@trevormiles5852 Caradine was in the Night Strangler, the follow on made for tv movie after the Night Stalker movie. Poor Tony Vincenzo.
Such Dialogue! natural cadences and great cinematography
Great, these old films, without much technical effort, achieved the good tension they had back then. less is more 👍🏻
Great flick! Thanks for the upload!
I thought I recognized the scientist's voice -- he was the "interloper" in Treasure of Sierra Madre (Bruce Bennett, birth name Harold Brix). According to his bio on IMDb, he won a silver medal in the shot put in the 1928 Olympics, and indeed held the world record. He died in 2007, just a couple of months shy of his 101st birthday; and he skydived over Lake Tahoe at age 96!
John Carradine is GREAT!
"It wasn't grounded..." Despite the huge advances in technology since this film was made, this exact same problem persists to this day 😀
A lot in common with "The Day The Earth Stood Still".
This is a low budget Si-Fi film, but they've done quite good with what they had. I find it interesting in most unexpected, and unusual way. way! Turn the subtitles on even if you don't need them. They read what is being said in different ways, sometimes using more sophisticated words, and sometimes less that what is being spoken. Subtitles are often terrible, but linguistically the ones used in this are very interesting, perhaps more so than the film. Since no on has mentioned it in the comments as far as I can see, Bruce Bennet also played Tarzan. Before he changed his name it was Herman Brix a famous athlete. He lived to be 100 years old.
I've noticed that about the subtitles too. They follow their own logic. It's quite hilarious at times
How do i turn them off?@Lee-yr4ib
The young military guy at 22 minutes in is one of the "Dead End Kids" in the Cagney film "Angels With Dirty Faces" from 1938, that face and voice is unmistakable. :)
Turn on the Captions and read them as you listen to the dialogue. It's almost like two different scripts.
I did and it was too comical and distracting. Ended up turning it off.
Don't think John Carradine said, No, to any movie script! One of our finest actors! He goes back to the early 1930s. Don't think he's in any movies from the 1920s.
Waiting for his son "David" to show up & do some "KUNG-FU" !🤣
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He has five sons. They're all actors, behind scenes - see their names in credits.
Classic....1959....
It is dismaying to see that we still cling to predation, conflict mentality and base greed.
Sad to say you are right,the human race never seems to learn from the past ,from the begining of time,we have not progressed ,aggression,wars ,cruelty ,superiority complex ,every generation,the same,its an inherent trait ,otherwise we would not be having wars ,violence ,murders ,for thousands of years, only difference modern weapons ,
Always to be overcome..by movie's end
Turing light directly into electricity! Amazing science fiction.
❤WITAM BARDZO PIĘKNIE 🌹
DZIĘKUJĘ BARDZO ZA FILMY
PRZEPIĘKNIE POZDRAWIAM ❤❤
Adoro filmes dessa época principalmente legendados
Back in the day most sci-fi movies were like and they scared the hell out people.. If they saw a sci-fi movie from today most of them would die of terror. Come a long way baby. Cheezy doesn't come close.
He's an airman.
"I don't want to destroy it....I want to know what's inside...."
Wow, this vintage movie is cool ! :) I'm a huge fan of Sci-fi films and I had never seen this one so thank you :) And I'm amazed by how much some dialogue sounds very close to questions asked especially these days regarding the UFO/UAP phenomenon : what is their technology ? Can it be used by militaries on earth ? Have the Russians or some other country already had an object from a NHI that they could study or reverse ? What is the intent of the NHI controling the crafts ? Are there unknown intelligent beings living under the sea, in our oceans ? etc. etc. :)
made by Miracle Pictures, If it is a good movie, it is a Miracle
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39:14 "Uhh, Colonel...have a mint!" Who wrote that into the script, and how on Earth did it make the final cut??
When I CLOSE my eyes EVERYTHING Disappears. 😂
Wow ... sitting on the edge of my chair through this picture ... "Everyone is afraid of scientists" -- and a few decades later, we have "Everyone should just shut up and listen to the experts." Only now, at the end of this picture, I discover that there is a Colorized Version . . . time to pour something nice over ice and see if I missed anything the first go around.
Hilarious when the Senior Airman talks to a Master Sergeant with total disrespect.
thank you for posting. john carradine vs tarzan !! how can you go wrong ? be even more fun to see it in the original wide-screen aspect ratio.
It was amusing to see the Griffith Observatory from 1958 (when this was filmed). I've been going there since 1952.
"Rebel Without A Cause" filmed there...🎉🎉
His power apparently lies in his choosing incompetent enemies.😅
😆 We need Superheroes but come on now John Carradine Count Dracula
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@@robertcuratolo5339 The Cosmic Man was more like Karl the Tall White Alien, a German drone.
These are great! Thanks
one of the good 50's movies
So much better in b&w, rather than the colourised version
the minute you hear Caradine’s voice, it’s riveting. the whole thing comes together. some actors have this charisma. why? and what exactly is it? i couldn’t begin to understand.
other actors are fabulous and brilliant, but lack that specific kind of spark, and i’ve known theatre people since i was a kid. Gwen Verdon had it. Sid Caesar had it and Tony Curtis was doused in it - as was Marilyn. the actress who played the Wicked Witch of the West had it, too. you don’t have to be a star. Carradine makes this film happen, as much as he could anyway :)
The Asylum studios would be the right studio to do a remake of this.
Excelente film,muchas gracias desde Chile.-
Ah, I see the professor uses Tektronix oscilloscopes, an up-and-coming technology company in the 50's and 60's which went on to dominate the market for several decades before becoming too big for its britches and crumbling into so many parts even all the king's men and all the king's horses couldn't put the pieces back together again. What's left is now Danaher Corporation. I worked for Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon from 1975 to 1994 during the last part of its heyday. Great place to work. Sorry I got laid off, but in a way I'm glad because I didn't have to be there as it slowly broke up after the remaining founding member retired.
Theory used here is the same one as used in "The First Men in the Moon" - a gravity shield.
I remember this Classic SyFy Movie as a child watching it in the early 1970's. Its actually its more profound then you know. There is no doubt we have been visited, but by whom?
nicely made movie... quite impressed with techs
That balloon looks like "Rover" from "The Prisoner" !
Thank you. French subtitles are good and very helpful.
Les sous-titres anglais sont ridiculement mauvais, cependant.
@@craigcorson3036 C'est curieux ; les sous-titres sont parfois bons dans une langue et pas dans d'autres, c'est très variable d'un film à l'autre.
Je me demande pourquoi ? Cela est peut-être dû à la qualité du logiciel de traduction.
@@craigcorson3036 Peut-être, mais je n'y connais rien.
@@francoisebeylie2923 Pareil ici. Je n'en sais presque rien, seulement que la synthèse vocale n'est PAS une technologie mature.
I’ve enjoyed him in so many movies. Don’t think he received much credit for all of the great roles he created..including the husband of Mildred Pierce!
It's astonishing that this film didn't get nominated for an Oscar in several categories.
Nice cars, especially the '56 Chevy convertible.
Colonel wants to weaponize the orb..." control of space over night!"
By chance, I had the Closed Caption button turned on, it's interesting how it is an interpretation of the dialog and not "word for word".
Notice the same thing had to watch the rest of it that way cuz it was hilarious
Enjoying the old cars. 57 (?) Dodge wagon...
Excelente filme!!
Thankyou 🎉
Was looking for some mindless, but entertaining movie to watch.📺👀 Old black & white mystery, war, western, and sci-fi pix are great for that. Also, they often have some familiar old faces.🎭 The movie had been running for a while with no John Carradine.❓ I guessed that he was probably going to be the alien.👽 BINGO! As soon as I heard that voice, it was like the movie had gone up in quality. Silly movie, but I did enjoy it. Seen JC in other sci-fi stuff. He was even in an episode of Land of the Giants. Always liked him, and that amazing voice of his. Some of his sons followed him into the entertainment industry. Davide Carradine starred in that Kungfu western series.🤠 Sorry I can't remember the name of the show even though I watched it, but my memory is six & ½ decades old. My earworm is playing the theme music right now.😄
Anyway, there are tons of fun old movies to watch. Gonna pick out another now that I finished this one.😃
Darn good Movie !
I saw something like that in Folsom California about a year ago. I didn't hear about anybody else seeing it.
So much like: " The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Il profilo di CCC e il tempismo con cui appare a fine film fa abbastanza sorridere 😅😂
Good one.
It has in the cast none other than JOHN CARRADINE (EL GRANDE) the father of a great N wonderful family of top notch actors both living and dead.. I will watch this one with gusto
Nice movie !!!!🥤🍿
It seems these Orbs were at Roswell.
Great movie music!!!plus sound effects.thanks for this great movie!! 50 miles per second for a chinese weather balloon
That's the biggest gumball I've ever seen. A matter of fact, I think it might be A jaw breaker.😂😂😂😂
Bruce Bennett from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre to The Cosmic Man
So that's where Rover came from. 🤔
This old film has one very important message ...
Watch something else !! 👍
A movie way ahead of its' time. Hell it's ahead of OUR time.
With Paul Langton, best known for his role as the sleazy mill manager in TV's Peyton Place.
Modern Terrans love and life affair with anything "off planet". Those crafts that crashed were an inspiration to movies like this
Sci-fi movies never scared me as a kid. I loved them all cause of the special effects used and the costumes.👹👻👾🤖💀
😆 Let me understand this some kind of sphere travels here and only 1 man is guarding it....while some silhouette figure is peeking through windows so they call out the Marines. 😂 26:22
Low budget.
Two questions:
1. What language does the person doing the English closed captions actually speak?
2. How do you get the CC to stay off instead of popping back on after every ad break?
Minor stuff..the movie and your presentation of it are perfect!
Thank you!
Cosmic jawbreaker.
For as hysterical as the woman was at the least little thing, she seemed awfully chilled about a strange man in her kids room saying "the boy has given me much pleasure tonight"
Cosmic pedo, travel so far to get it on with little human boys, and in wheelchairs so they can't run to momma!
Yo no entiendo , porque se asusta ... si en este planeta y en nuestro sistema solar . Debe haber lo múltiple de lo que somos.. Eso si , los animales como los pájaros nos avisan el peligro, pero cuando ellos no lo sienten y se quedan mirando maravillados y pasivos , es porque no todo es tan malo . Siempre hay una explicación para todo .
What frightens me is that this is a true story based on events that really happened!
Legal o filme, não havia assistido
Star Trek Bridge Sounds from the Hall of Fame!
cool film
Very much like the movie, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’
I can hear the Star Trek connection.