1957. Directed by Herbert Hoffman
Cast: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone, Robert H. Harris, Dennis McCarthy, Gage Clarke, Marvin Miller, Alvy Moore, Robby The Robot
Taglines: "Can science go too far? Can it create life?"
"The science-monster who would destroy the world!"
"See Timmie and his friend Robby the Robot combat the Super Computer"
"War Against the World from an Eerie Platform Suspended in Space!"
Summary: 1957 science-fiction film "The Invisible Boy" follows Timmie Merrinoe, a ten-year-old boy who assembles Robby the Robot using parts from a future time-travel kit. The film's plot involves the robot falling under the mental control of a rogue, evil supercomputer planning world domination.
Behind The Scenes Trivia: Robby the Robot's appearance in the film was partly because it was so expensive to build him for "Forbidden Planet" (1956) that MGM felt obliged to use him in another project. MGM released this film, which features a sequence set aboard an Earth-orbiting satellite, in October 1957, the same month that the USSR inaugurated the Space Age by launching Sputnik.