Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Dr. Forbin (Eric Braeden) is the architect of a super computer with a massive knowledge that has the capacity to control nuclear weapon systems rather than leave it in the hands of man. The idea is that as an emotionless logical thinker, it would not be prone to "human" error. But the computer has been designed too well, it has a mind of its own and its own ideas of how mankind needs to be controlled. Based on the novel by Dennis Feltham Jones and directed by Joseph Sargent (TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE). This prescient science fiction thriller is intense, intelligent and provocative and has a great look to it (kudos to the art direction of Alexander Golitzen and John J. Lloyd). Almost 50 years later, it still cuts to the bone and I tip my hat to the film makers for its chilling conclusion rather than giving us a conventional ending. It's not the kind of film where the acting matters much but the cast is efficient. There's also a terrific underscore by Michel Colombier. With Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert, Marion Ross and Georg Stanford Brown.