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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Ray Harryhausen released in USA on 4 july 1956 with Hugh Marlowe
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 4 july 1956
Length 1h23
OriginUSA
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Rating62%
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (also known as Invasion of the Flying Saucers, Flying Saucers from Outer Space, and Invasion of the Flying Saucers) is a 1956 American black-and-white science fiction film from Columbia Pictures, produced by Charles H. Schneer and Sam Katzman, directed by Fred F. Sears, and starring Hugh Marlowe and Joan Taylor.
The film's storyline was suggested by the bestselling, non-fiction book Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Maj. Donald Keyhoe.
The stop-motion animation special effects in the film were created by Ray Harryhausen.
Synopsis
Scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new bride Carol (Joan Taylor) are driving to work when a flying saucer appears overhead. Without proof of the encounter, other than a tape recording of the ship's sound, Dr. Marvin is hesitant to notify his superiors. He is in charge of Project Skyhook, an American space program that has already launched 10 research satellites into orbit. General Hanley (Morris Ankrum), Carol's father, informs Marvin that many of the satellites have since fallen back to Earth. Marvin admits that he has lost contact with all of them and privately suspects alien involvement. The Marvins then witness the 11th falling from the sky shortly after launch.Actors
Hugh Marlowe
(Dr. Russell A. Marvin)
Joan Taylor
(Carol Marvin)
Donald Curtis
(Maj. Huglin)
Morris Ankrum
(Brig. Gen. John Hanley)
John Zaremba
(Prof. Kanter)
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