The read
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Critics rate it 16 points higher than audiences do.
240 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph M. NewmanDirector
- Franklin CoenScreenplay
- George CallahanScreenplay
- Jack ArnoldDirector
Cast
- Rex ReasonDr. Cal Meacham
- Faith DomergueDr. Ruth Adams
- Jeff MorrowExeter
- Lance FullerBrack
- Robert NicholsJoe Wilson
- Russell JohnsonSteve Carlson
- Douglas SpencerThe Monitor of Metaluna
- Karl Ludwig LindtDr. Adolph Engelborg
- Regis PartonMutant (uncredited)
- Richard DeaconPilot (uncredited)
- Coleman FrancisExpress Deliveryman (uncredited)
- Robert B. WilliamsWebb (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
spacecraftflying saucerextraterrestrial technologymutantnobel prizespace travelgeorgiaresettlementaliennuclear scientistspacescientist