| Edition |
Special edition ; 50th anniversary. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1953 20th Century Fox motion picture. |
| Credits |
Director, William Cameron Menzies ; producer, Edward L. Alperson ; screenplay, Richard Blake ; music, Raoul Kraushaar ; film editor, Arthur Roberts. |
| Cast |
Arthur Franz, Helena Carter, Jimmy Hunt, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erikson, Hillary Brooke, Max Wagner. |
| Note |
Based on a story by John Tucker Battle. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
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Includes the original theatrical previews of coming attractions. |
| Summary |
"The original 20th century landmark science fiction thriller that played on the paranoia and Communist threat invading Atomic Age America in the 1950s. A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars"--Container. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Feature films.
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Science fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Menzies, William Cameron, 1896-1957.
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Alperson, Edward L., 1896-1969.
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Blake, Richard Aloysius.
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Franz, Arthur, 1920-2006.
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Carter, Helena, 1923-2000.
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Hunt, Jimmy, 1939-
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Ankrum, Morris, 1897-1964.
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Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986.
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Brooke, Hillary, 1914-1999.
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Wagner, Max, 1901-1975.
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Battle, John Tucker.
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Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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| Standard No. |
014381136227 |
| Music No. |
ID1362CODDVD Image Entertainment |
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