Directed by:
William Cameron MenziesScreenplay:
Richard BlakeCinematography:
John F. SeitzCast:
Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Milburn Stone, Barbara Billingsley, John Eldredge, Richard Deacon, Bert Freed (more)VOD (1)
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One night, young David McLean sees a spaceship crash into a nearby sandpit. His father goes to investigate, but comes back changed. Where once he was cheerful and affectionate, he's now sullen and snarlingly rude. Others fall into the sandpit and begin acting like him: cold, ill-tempered and conspiratorial. David knows that aliens are taking over the bodies of humans, but he'll soon discover there have been far more of these terrible thefts than he could have imagined. The young doom-monger finds some serious help in a lady doctor and a brilliant astronomer. Soon they meet the aliens: green creatures with insect-like eyes. These beings prove to be slaves to their leader: a large, silent head with ceaselessly shifting eyes and two tentacles on either side, each of which branches off into three smaller tentacles. It's up to the redoubtable earth trio to stop its evil plans. (Ignite Films)
(more)Cast
Arthur Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Young Lions (1958)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Jimmy Hunt
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
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Helena Carter
USA
Best movies:
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Leif Erickson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
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Hillary Brooke
USA
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Strange Woman (1946)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Milburn Stone
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
White Feather (1955)
Barbara Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Airplane! (1980)
John Eldredge
USA
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Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
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Richard Deacon
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
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Bert Freed
USA
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Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Paths of Glory (1957)
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Frank Wilcox
USA
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
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Charles Cane
USA
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Peter Brocco
USA
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Walter Sande
USA
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Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Robert Shayne
USA
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Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
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Douglas Kennedy
USA
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Max Wagner
Mexico
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Morris Ankrum
USA
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
William Phipps
USA
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Cinderella (1950)
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William Forrest
USA
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