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This Island Earth

Two mortals trapped in outer space... challenging the unearthly furies of an outlaw planet gone mad!

6.0 / 10

85 minutes

1955-06-01

English

US

Actors :

Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Robert Nichols, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer, Richard Deacon, Regis Parton, Karl Ludwig Lindt, Robert B. Williams, Coleman Francis

Description

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

5/16/2024, 3:22:24 PM

Captures the fear of the atomic age perfectly. Carl Meacham is an atomic scientist, who after passing a cunning test, gets invited to work at a top secret lab out in Georgia by the rather odd looking man known as Exeter. The project is apparently in the cause of finding world peace, and once arriving at his destination, Carl finds other notable scientists are also there, including the radiant R...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

11/14/2022, 11:34:24 AM

I remember watching this film on television in the 70s and loving it. Whilst I'm not quite so impressed by it now, it is still quite a clever sci-fi yarn about an alien species, themselves under dire threat of extinction, who come to earth to assemble a team of scientists to help save their planet from an enemy bent on destroying it. Jeff Morrow has the slightly conical head as "Exeter" - their le...