Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret project, "Colossus", an advanced supercomputer built to control the United States and Allied nuclear weapon systems. Located deep within the 展开

• Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin
• Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham
• Gordon Pinsent as the US President
• William Schallert as … 展开

Film historian Tom Weaver noted, "Early on, they had either Charlton Heston or Gregory Peck in mind, but then they changed their mind about that. Stanley Chase insisted on a relative unknown. That's when Eric Braeden came into the picture." When he was … 展开

The Forbin Project premiered on April 4, 1970 at Cinema Rendezvous in New York City. The film opened to the public at the same theatre as a test release with no publicity on May 5, 1970. It grossed $7,473 in its opening week.
Due to its poor box office … 展开

Critical response
For its New York release it received unanimous critical approval. Vincent Canby, critic for The New York Times, gave the film a positive review: "The film ... is no Dr. Strangelove, but it's full of surprising moments of humor and … 展开

Imagine Entertainment and Universal Studios confirmed that a remake titled Colossus, to be directed by Ron Howard, would be in production as of April 2007. Officials were quoted as saying: "Universal and Imagine Entertainment will remake the 1970 science-fiction … 展开

• List of American films of 1970
• List of fictional computers 展开