Tobor the Great
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.
From the archive
A boy genius (Billy Chapin) befriends the robot being developed by his grandfather (Taylor Holmes) as a test pilot for space travel, with help from a disgruntled NASA scientist (Charles Drake). But a foreign spy (Steven Geray) is determined to steal the technology. Also included: The 1957 TV pilot "Here Comes Tobor" starring Tommy Terrell and Arthur Space. I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Lee Sholem
- Starring
- Charles Drake, Karin Booth, Billy Chapin, Taylor Holmes, Steven Geray, Henry Kulky, Franz Roehn, Hal Baylor
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