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The Flying Saucer is a american film of genre Science fiction released in USA on 4 january 1950 with Roy Engel

The Flying Saucer (1950)

The Flying Saucer
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Released in USA 4 january 1950
Length 1h15
OriginUSA
Genres Science fiction,    Thriller,    Spy
Themes Spy films
Rating35% 1.780451.780451.780451.780451.78045

The Flying Saucer is a 1950 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film, written by Howard Irving Young from an original story by Mikel Conrad who also produced, directed, and stars with Pat Garrison and Hantz von Teuffen. The film was distributed in the United States by Film Classics Inc.

The Flying Saucer is the first feature film to deal with the (then) new and hot topic of flying saucers. Flying saucers or alien craft shaped like flying disks or saucers were first identified and given the popular name in 1947 when on June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported nine silvery, crescent-shaped objects flying in tight formation. A newspaper reporter coined a snappy tagline: "flying saucers" which captured the public's imagination.It has no relationship and should not be confused with the later Ray Harryhausen science fiction film Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, released by Columbia Pictures.

Synopsis

American Intelligence officials learn that Soviet spies have begun exploring a remote region of the Alaskan Territory in search of answers to the worldwide reports of "flying saucers." A wealthy American playboy, Mike Trent (Mikel Conrad), who was raised in that remote region, is recruited by intelligence officer Hank Thorn (Russell Hicks) to assist a Secret Service agent in exploring that area to discover what the Soviets may have found.

Actors

Roy Engel

(Dr. Carl Lewton)
Denver Pyle

(Turner)
Frank Darien

(Matt Mitchell)
Russell Hicks

(Hank Thorn)
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