IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.
- Awards
- 1 win
Thomas Browne Henry
- Vice Adm. Enright
- (as Tom Browne Henry)
Larry J. Blake
- Motorcycle Cop
- (as Larry Blake)
Fred Aldrich
- Airplane Passenger
- (uncredited)
- …
Nicky Blair
- Military Officer at Experiment
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross
- Military Messenger
- (uncredited)
Jack Deery
- Military Officer
- (uncredited)
Charles Evans
- Dr. Alberts
- (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
- Military Official
- (uncredited)
Paul Frees
- Alien
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
James Gonzalez
- Military Official
- (uncredited)
Duke Green
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Ed Haskett
- Military Official
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis science-fiction movie was "suggested" by the 1953 non-fiction book "Flying Saucers From Outer Space" by retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, who believed that certain aerial phenomena were interplanetary in origin.
- GoofsAbout 19 minutes into the film, when the three soldiers behind their mortar get disintegrated by the alien ray, a "giant" house fly can be seen for one single frame right above the head of the rightmost soldier. It must have landed on the plate during composition of the effects shot.
- Quotes
Gen. Edmunds: When an armed and threatening power lands uninvited in our capitol, we don't meet him with tea and cookies!
- Alternate versionsA colorized version is available on the DVD release.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Giant Claw (1957)
Featured review
Good representative of B-movie 50's sci-fi
This is a great example of 1950's sci-fi movies and the flying saucer scare craze that was sweeping the nation and of course parallels the cold war threat and the resilience and ingenuity of American science and military might. Retired Major Donald E. Keyhoe was the author of a series of non-fiction books of the era outlining his belief in the reality of flying saucers and this film draws from his book Flying Saucers From Outer Space. Veteran monster movie writer Curt Siodmak adapted a story based on the book for this film and veteran monster movie screenwriter George Worthing Yates wrote the screenplay. Special effects legend Ray Harryhausen supervised the effects and Josh Westmoreland, a sound veteran of westerns and monster movies, provided the sound. B-movie director Fred F. Sears and B-movie cinematographer Fred Jackman Jr. put it all together on the screen. In what would be a foreboding of things to come on 9/11 American monuments are under attack and destroyed. Aliens from a dying planet come to earth to claim it as their own but earth fights back. Hugh Marlow and Joan Taylor star. It's campy but it's still a good flick and a good representative of it's era and genre and I would give it an 8.0 out of 10.
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- Fliegende Untertassen greifen an
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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