Rent The Man from Planet X (1951)
3.0 of 5 from 57 ratings
1h 10min
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- Synopsis:
- One day a new planet shows up in our solar system, and the next, strange invaders are rocketing to earth. It's enough to send humans into a panic...and it does! In this very early space invasion sci-fi flick, aliens from outer space and fear from beyond our galaxy strike terror into the hearts of mankind! On the coast of Scotland, where there is enough fog to hide an alien landiing, an astronomer discovers that one has actually occurred. But it's soon realised that the creature, the 'Man from Planet X' , has definite plans - not for friendship, but for domination - unleashing a kind of out-of-this-world; havoc the villagers have never seen!
- Actors:
- Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond Bond, William Schallert, Roy Engel, David Ormont, Gilbert Fallman, Tom Daly, June Jeffery, Charles Davis, Franklyn Farnum, Pat Goldin, Harold Gould, Lars Hensen, Ian Murray
- Directors:
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Producers:
- Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen
- Writers:
- Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen
- Studio:
- Fabulous Films
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Reviews (1) of The Man from Planet X
Brilliant and VERY influential Alien-comes-to-earth fable which inspired ET - The Man from Planet X review by PV
Anyone interested in where cinematic ideas come from needs to watch this.
Not only do we have an alien landing on earth, but he is befriended by ELIOT - in this case an old man professor not the boy of ET.
The alien can communicate only using muted musical sounds - an idea lifted by Spielberg for Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
A 1951 independent film, shot from an original screenplay in 6 days in December 1950, low budget, all studio sets, and I think decent ones and spaceship models - and the alien man's face is impressively scary. Even now!
This is great to watch with THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL which was based on a 1944 short story and finished filming 56 months earier.
It was a time of cold war fear mutating into fear of aliens, though the over-hyped War of the Worlds radio play was late 1930s by Orson Welles.
This is a classic of the genre and so influential AND just shows what an independent film shot on a budget of pennies with some old cardboard and string can do!
5 stars.
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