Invaders from Mars (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.4/10   

Director:

William Cameron Menzies

Escritores:

John Tucker Battle (story)
Richard Blake (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

22 abril 1953 (USA)

Género:

Horror | Ciencia-Ficción

Frase comercial:

NATURAL or SUPERNATURAL?

Plot:

A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Police | UFO | Flying Saucer | Astronomer

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Almost Lost Forever

Reparto

Helena Carter	...	Dr. Pat Blake, MD
Arthur Franz	...	Dr. Kelston - astronomer / Narrator
Jimmy Hunt	...	David Maclean - boy astronomer
Leif Erickson	...	Mr. George MacLean
Hillary Brooke	...	Mrs. Mary MacLean
Morris Ankrum	...	Col. Fielding
Max Wagner	...	Sgt. Rinaldi
Milburn Stone	...	Capt. Roth - army technician
Janine Perreau	...	Kathy Wilson
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
William Phipps	...	Sgt. Baker (as Bill Phipps)

También conocida como:

Invasores de Marte (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

78 min | UK:83 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Supercinecolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:G (TV rating) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #16228)

Locaciones de Filmación:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

National Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

In one scene, Dr. Kelston refers to the "Lubbock Lights" and to a "Captain Mantell." These were real life U.F.O. events that created a national wide sensation in their day. The photographs shown by Dr Kelston are actual photographs of the Lubbock Lights that appeared in newspapers and magazines.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: Several shots throughout the film are "flipped", run in reverse, apparently to lengthen some sequences. This includes the military police chase of McLean's car after his attempt on Dr. Wilson's life (the vehicles' steering wheels are clearly on the "right" in the flipped sequences), a reversed shot of the fence and path, and numerous shots underground of the Martians and soldiers running through the tunnels.

Citas:

[first lines]
Narrator: The heavens. Once an object of superstition, awe, and fear. Now a vast region for growing knowledge. The distance of Venus, the atmosphere of Mars, the size of Jupiter, and the speed of Mercury. All this and more we know. But their greatest mystery the heavens have kept a secret...

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Almost Lost Forever

Did you know this movie was almost lost forever rotting away in a film file at a tv studio in California I believe.There was just one copy left and it was deteriating badly! Thanks to a man called Wade Williams (one of the producers in 86 awful remake) who ran a movie theater in Kansas City went all over the country in the seveties looking for this film. He like myself grew up watching this movie in the early sixties when it just literally disapeared off the face of the earth.This info is based on a Star Log magazine story in 1977 and a personal phone call to Wade Williams that same year.

I did finally get to see the movie in early 1981 when it was shown on tv 38 Boston and was blown away to see it again.I have the movie on vhs and plan to get on dvd soon.I grew up the late fifties and early sixties and this is as well as 3 Stooges Have Rocket Will Travel and Target Earth are part of my all time favorites.I guess you had to haved lived thru that era to really appreciate these movies.