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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.
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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
Did you know
- 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)
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My favorite movie
My sister took me to this movie in 1956 when I was 8. It shocked me. For two weeks I was afraid to go to sleep at night for fear of nightmares. Some years ago I bought a 16mm print and studied it. It has all the right elements for a nerdy kid with glasses: Beautiful Joan Taylor and serious Hugh Marlowe work well together. The lonely laboratory at night is a wonderful location, frightening when attacked. Dr. Russell A. Marvin removing the helmet from the alien is particularly creepy. We know so much more now about outer space, so to appreciate this you have to suspend disbelief and travel back in time when comic books were 10¢. Soon after seeing this movie I was bitten by the movie bug which resulted in a lifelong passion for films and animation, which I have to credit to the intense effect that Earth Vs the Flying Saucers had on my young mind. I still watch this film several times a year and never get tired of seeing it.
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- Apr 11, 2013
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- Fliegende Untertassen greifen an
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) officially released in India in English?
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