Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Timing: 1:23 (83 min)

6.1/10
178

6.091/10
443

6.3/10
10000

All about film

Video 1

Photo 13

Actors and characters

Release date

1956-07-04

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Clover Productions

Genre

Action, Science Fiction

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Website

Director

Fred F. Sears

Actors

Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, Thomas Browne Henry, Grandon Rhodes, John Zaremba, Sydney Mason, Larry J. Blake, Bert Stevens
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Charles H. Schneer, Sam Katzman

Operator

Fred Jackman Jr.

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Danny B. Landres
All team (17)

• The film is based on Donald E. Keyhoe's book "Flying Saucers from Outer Space" (1953).
• The film was originally shot in black and white. A color version was created only in 2007.
• Aliens use electronic protective shields, similar to those shown in the film "The War of the Worlds" (1953).
• The film features a lot of documentary footage. For example, rocket crashes, a bomber explosion, and a nine-day meteorological disturbance.
• The film shows the American space program "SkyHook" and the launches of the first artificial Earth satellites, but the first artificial Earth satellite was launched into orbit by the USSR only on October 4, 1957.
• A colorized version of the film was created in 2007.