The read
It runs a compact 1h 15m.
Synopsis
Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
22 audience votes
Key crew
- Gilbert GunnDirector
- Paul RyderScreenplay
- Robert SharplesOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Forrest TuckerGil Graham
- Gaby AndréMichele Dupont
- Martin BensonSmith
- Alec MangoDr. Laird
- Wyndham GoldieBrigadier Cartwright
- Hugh LatimerJimmy Murray
- Dandy NicholsMrs. Tucker
- Richard WarnerInsp. Burns
- Patricia SinclairHelen Forsyth
- Geoffrey ChaterGerard Wilson
- Susan RedwayJane Hale
- Catherine LancasterGillian Betts
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Themes
magnetic fieldflying saucerbased on novel or bookgiant spidermad scientistgiant insectmurderalien invasionenvironmental disastermutationsscientist heroinewoman scientist