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Tobor the great

  

FILE: TOBOR_THE_GREAT.txt
YEAR: 1954
FORMAT: B&W / 77 min
STATUS: CLASSIC EARLY ROBOT CINEMA

SYNOPSIS:
Tobor, a humanoid robot built for space exploration, is trained to obey emotional signals from his human creators. When enemy agents try to capture him, Tobor shows surprising autonomy.

NOTES:

  • Among the first “robots with feelings” in film
  • Title is “ROBOT” spelled backwards
  • Directed by Lee Sholem
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