Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.
Practical Effects
Gloriously janky zombie makeup and visible neck seams.
Writing
Exposition so blunt it qualifies as performance art.
Director
Edward L. Cahn
Richard Denning
Dr. Chet Walker
S. John Launer
Capt. Dave Harris
Michael Granger
Frank Buchanan
Gregory Gaye
Dr. Wilhelm Steigg
Angela Stevens
Joyce Walker
Linda Bennett
Penny Walker
Charles Evans
Chief Camden
Tristram Coffin
Dist. Atty. MacGraw
Pierre Watkin
Mayor Bremer
Harry Lauter
Reporter #1
Larry J. Blake
Reporter #2
Nelson Leigh
Dr. Kenneth C. Norton (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Gen. Saunders (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a 1955 Columbia Pictures triple-bill of Cahn-directed sci-fi cheapies, cranked out in weeks to capitalize on atomic age panic.
The 'atomic brain' sound effect is just a theremin being tortured, reused in dozens of B-movies because Columbia owned the recording.
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