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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391145059
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 15
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 114505
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 26, 2007
Running Time: 66 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 19, 1958
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Editorial Review:
Nancy Archer has had an alien encounter and it's left her 50 ft. tall! Now she sees the men in her life from a new angle--looking down on them--and it's time to fight back! Director: Nathan Juran Starring: Allison Hayes Yvette Vickers William HudsonRunning Time: 66 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 085391145059 Manufacturer No: 114505
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... especially when you're fending off The Attack of the 50-Foot Woman! One of the most beloved camp classics of the 1950s begins with a three-way recipe for sci-fi disaster: Cheating husband Harry (William Hudson) is married to alcoholic heiress Nancy (Allison Hayes), but he's got a scheming mistress named Honey (Yvette Vickers) and a burning desire for Nancy's lavish inheritance. But before the greedy lovers can say "Super-Size Me," the insanely jealous Nancy gains a towering advantage: After exposure to radiation from a spherical alien satellite, Nancy grows to a height of (yep, you guessed it) and proceeds to wreak havoc as a giant dame with an attitude problem. As often happened with cheesy sci-fi and horror films of the Eisenhower era, the movie's deliriously exploitative poster promised more than the movie actually delivers, which perhaps explains why director Nathan Juran (whose next film was the comparatively lavish The 7th Voyage of Sinbad) opted to be credited as "Nathan Hertz." And while the special effects are cheesy and cheap (involving oversized miniatures, repeated process shots, see-through double-exposures, and a giant, rubbery arm used for King Kong-like clutching scenes), it's still possible to feel a hint of compassion for poor ol' Nancy, and that--along with the enjoyable performances of Hayes, Hudson, and Vickers--is probably why Attack has gained such a loyal cult following over the decades. Fueled by atomic-age paranoia and timeless human foibles, it's a feminist revenge thriller with lasting appeal, remade in 1993 with better special effects and Daryl Hannah in the title role. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - giant alienman and humanwoman
the e.t. facts-giant alienman, giant humanwoman, the spaceship and ms 50''s pattern of some scattered action-short ending. just ok film, seen worse.
Rating: - The peak of her career
It's been said that for every Taylor, Welch,and Monroe their were a hundred other starlets with ravishing figures and aluring faces that never got past the B-movies. Gorgeous Allison Hayes was such an actress. She looked a little like Ava Gardner but with a lot more va-voom. Unfortunately. I've only seen her in this schlocky camp-film and an apearance or two she made on Gomer Pyle as a date of Sgt. Carter's. Due to failing health she didn't work much after that gig, and died rather young. ... Read More
Rating:  - "POTUS does a cameo!"
Is it my imagination, or is the giant from outer space that our protagonist encounters a dead ringer for Dwight Eisenhower? After all, it was the 50's! Maybe that was Dwight's version of Nixon's famous "Sock it to me?" on Laugh-In.
Rating: - Attack of The Fifty Foot Woman/memories
This is a great DVD. The print of the movie is bright and clear. The commentary of Yvette (Honey) Vickers is charming, informative and funny. I have loved this movie since I was a child. I am a big 50s car freak and I loved the Imperial, Plymouth Plaza patrol car and the 1958 Plymouth wagon that turns into a 1949 Chevy when it is dropped. I also learned how to jitterbug from this movie, the couple dancing behind Harry and Honey at the bar. Great memories.
Rating: - HARRY! HARRY!
This is one of my favourite sci-fi films of all time. Allison Hayes was a beauty in the 50's-60's on the big screen and TV as well. Too bad she died penniless and quite ill in a nursing home in the 80's. This film is so poorly made and cheap that you get to feel sorry for the producers -- it wasn't released, it ESCAPED! The special effects are hokey -- you can see through the monster and the 50ft woman, plaster of paris created Nancy Archer's enormous hands, and the UFO was a balloon on strings. ... Read More
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