Film Forum

U.S., 1954
Directed by Herbert L. Strock
With Richard Egan, Constance Dowling, Herbert Marshall.
Approx 82 min. Restored DCP courtesy 3-D Film Archive.

Secret agent Richard Egan investigates a murder that took place in a mysterious underground laboratory in New Mexico, the site of risky robotics experiments. He discovers the existence of two particularly intelligent machines: Gog and Magog. "Of all our restoration projects, GOG is the most rewarding for me personally. When I began my search for lost 3-D elements in the early 1980's, GOG was at the top of my want list. Through my archival work with Jerry Lewis, I got to know director Herbert L. Strock quite well. He was very proud of his work on this film and lamented the fact that it was lost in 3-D. After suffering through flat, black and white, full-frame 16mm prints for decades, it's a real thrill to finally see GOG restored as the filmmakers intended — in vibrant color, widescreen and 3-D!" – Robert Furmanek

Presented with support from the Robert Jolin Osborne Endowed Fund for American Classic Cinema of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s

Reviews

"GOG, in all its 1950s jumpsuit 3-D glory, was like Agatha Christie, Sigmund Freud & Harlan Ellison got high together and made a movie."
– The Nitrate Diva

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