The read
Scores higher than 84% of the 79 1950s science fiction movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Metacritic78/100
737 audience votes
Key crew
- Leith StevensOriginal Music Composer
- Barré LyndonScreenplay
- Byron HaskinDirector
Cast
- Gene BarryClayton Forrester
- Ann RobinsonSylvia Van Buren
- Lewis MartinMatthew Collins
- Les TremayneGeneral Mann
- Frank KreigFiddler Hawkins (uncredited)
- Vernon RichRalph Heffner
- Sandro GiglioDr. Bilderbeck
- Ann CodeeDr. Duprey (uncredited)
- Robert CornthwaiteDr. Pryor
- Cedric HardwickeCommentary (voice)
- Houseley Stevenson Jr.General Mann's Aide
- William PhippsWash Perry
Stills
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Themes
laser gunbased on novel or bookdystopiamountain villagestreet riotsspace invasionradioactivitymartianreligionlos angeles, californiaalien invasionscientist hero