Editing Robot Monster (section)

{{Short description|1953 American science-fiction movie}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Robot Monster
| image          = Robot Monster.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Phil Tucker]]
| producer       = Phil Tucker<br />[[Al Zimbalist]]
| writer         = Wyott Ordung
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[George Nader]]
* [[Claudia Barrett]]
* [[George Barrows]]
}}
| music          = [[Elmer Bernstein]]
| cinematography = [[Jack Greenhalgh]]
| editing        = {{Plainlist|
* Bruce Schoengarth
* Merrill White
}}
| studio         = Three Dimension Pictures, Inc.
| distributor    = [[Astor Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1953|06|24|ref1=}}
| runtime        = 66 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $16,000
| gross          = $1 million
}}
[[File:Robot Monster trailer (1953).webm|thumb|thumbtime=8|upright=1.5|Trailer]]
'''''Robot Monster''''' (or '''''Monster from Mars''''')<ref name=":0">[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Robot+Monster&Search_Code=TALL&PID=SmyGDq2Kpp0Kdol9yJwP6wbDHEp&SEQ=20160115105025&CNT=25&HIST=1 "Robot Monster."] ''United States Copyright Office Public Catalog''. Retrieved: January 15, 2016.</ref> is a 1953 [[Independent film|independently made]]<ref>[https://www.cinemastance.com/blasts-from-the-past-blu-ray-review-robot-monster-1953-aka-robot-monster-3d/ Blasts from the Past! Blu-ray Review: ROBOT MONSTER (1953) aka ROBOT MONSTER 3D - CinemaStance Dot Com]</ref> American [[black-and-white]] [[3D film|3D]] [[science fiction horror film]], remembered in later decades as one of the [[List of films considered the worst#Robot Monster (1953)|worst movies ever made]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/the-10-worst-monster-movies-of-all-time/|title=The 10 Worst Monster Movies Of All Time|last=Wilson|first=Ethan|date=June 20, 2017|website=Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-05}}</ref> It was produced and directed by [[Phil Tucker]], written by Wyott Ordung, and stars [[George Nader]], [[Claudia Barrett]], and [[George Barrows]]. The production company was Three Dimensional Pictures, Inc.<ref name=":0" /> The film was distributed by [[Astor Pictures]].

''Robot Monster'' tells the story of the alien robot Ro-Man's mission to Earth to destroy humanity. He manages to kill all but eight survivors, who have become immune to his [[death ray]]. Ro-Man runs afoul of the Great Guidance, his leader, when he becomes attracted to the human Alice. She is the eldest daughter of a surviving scientist, and he refuses to harm her. The Great Guidance must now come to Earth and finish what the Moon robot started.<ref name="Warren">Warren 1982, pp. 146–147.</ref>

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