Can you help me identify this 1950s robot movie?

[Rich]

Hi folks,

I will go mad if I don't find out what this movie is!
I saw it in the mid to late 1950s. It was a black and white movie
about a robot, and probably an American production. Some of the
scenes in the movie were very similar to scenes in "TOBOR THE GREAT"
(1954). In particular, the robot, when switched off, was housed on
what looked like a stage in a small lecture hall, and was encased in a
transparent cylinder. When the robot was switched on, this cylinder
would rise up and sort of drift away overhead. And there was a scene
in it where a group of men in suits were invited to see the robot, and
one of them was invited to approach the robot and strike the robot
with some impement (an axe?) - just like the scene in "Tobor The
Great".

There was a young boy and a young girl in the movie, I believe.. The
robot differed from Tobor, in that it had a proper glass dome-encased
head (similar to the head of Robbie the Robot in "Forbidden Planet").
The robot must have had wheels in its feet because when it walked, its
feet glided along as if on skates.

I think the robot went wrong or rebelled and went on a rampage. I
remember there was one scene where someone ran the robot down with a
car or a truck. I can remember the scene where the robot is stuck
under the front of the vehicle, and the driver is shooting at the
robot. But at this point, the robot may have been the goody and the
driver the baddie, I'm not sure.

It's possible I may have got some of the above facts wrong, but If
anyone can suggest what the name of this movie was, I'll be eternally
grateful.

Thank you,

Rich

[Richard L Hamer]

Try The Invisible Boy 1957 not everything matches but it sounds
fairly close.

Post by Rich
Hi folks,
I will go mad if I don't find out what this movie is!
I saw it in the mid to late 1950s. It was a black and white movie
about a robot, and probably an American production. Some of the
scenes in the movie were very similar to scenes in "TOBOR THE GREAT"
(1954). In particular, the robot, when switched off, was housed on
what looked like a stage in a small lecture hall, and was encased in a
transparent cylinder. When the robot was switched on, this cylinder
would rise up and sort of drift away overhead. And there was a scene
in it where a group of men in suits were invited to see the robot, and
one of them was invited to approach the robot and strike the robot
with some impement (an axe?) - just like the scene in "Tobor The
Great".
There was a young boy and a young girl in the movie, I believe.. The
robot differed from Tobor, in that it had a proper glass dome-encased
head (similar to the head of Robbie the Robot in "Forbidden Planet").
The robot must have had wheels in its feet because when it walked, its
feet glided along as if on skates.
I think the robot went wrong or rebelled and went on a rampage. I
remember there was one scene where someone ran the robot down with a
car or a truck. I can remember the scene where the robot is stuck
under the front of the vehicle, and the driver is shooting at the
robot. But at this point, the robot may have been the goody and the
driver the baddie, I'm not sure.
It's possible I may have got some of the above facts wrong, but If
anyone can suggest what the name of this movie was, I'll be eternally
grateful.
Thank you,
Rich

[Rich]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:23:44 -0600, Richard L Hamer

Post by Richard L Hamer
Try The Invisible Boy 1957 not everything matches but it sounds
fairly close.

It's definitely not that one, but thanks anyway

Rich.
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[Rich]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 11:23:44 -0600, Richard L Hamer

Post by Richard L Hamer
Try The Invisible Boy 1957 not everything matches but it sounds
fairly close.

Thanks.. There are similarities, but it's definitely not the right
film. I bought The Invisible Boy on VHS last week to find out. When I
saw the glass-domed computer in that film, I grew hopeful, because it
seemed to exude the same sinister character as the robot in the film I
remember. But it wasn't the right movie at all.

Rich
To email me remove the dog from my address.

[Rich]

Post by Rich
Hi folks,
I will go mad if I don't find out what this movie is!
I saw it in the mid to late 1950s. It was a black and white movie
about a robot, and probably an American production. Some of the
scenes in the movie were very similar to scenes in "TOBOR THE GREAT"
(1954). In particular, the robot, when switched off, was housed on
what looked like a stage in a small lecture hall, and was encased in a
transparent cylinder. When the robot was switched on, this cylinder
would rise up and sort of drift away overhead. And there was a scene
in it where a group of men in suits were invited to see the robot, and
one of them was invited to approach the robot and strike the robot
with some impement (an axe?) - just like the scene in "Tobor The
Great".
There was a young boy and a young girl in the movie, I believe.. The
robot differed from Tobor, in that it had a proper glass dome-encased
head (similar to the head of Robbie the Robot in "Forbidden Planet").
The robot must have had wheels in its feet because when it walked, its
feet glided along as if on skates.
I think the robot went wrong or rebelled and went on a rampage. I
remember there was one scene where someone ran the robot down with a
car or a truck. I can remember the scene where the robot is stuck
under the front of the vehicle, and the driver is shooting at the
robot. But at this point, the robot may have been the goody and the
driver the baddie, I'm not sure.
It's possible I may have got some of the above facts wrong, but If
anyone can suggest what the name of this movie was, I'll be eternally
grateful.
Thank you,
Rich

PS - There was another thing that stuck in my mind when I saw this
movie: When the robot was pinned down by the car, the driver of the
car started shooting at the robot through the windscreen. I was
puzzled as to why the glass didn't shatter. Iether the guy was firing
blanks or the vehicle had no glass in it to start with! Does that ring
a bell for anyone?

Thanks again,
Rich