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Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:8
Rotten:4
Average Rating:5.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 47 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project, but every time their rockets are launched, they are intercepted and... Space scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his wife Carol (Joan Taylor) are working on a secret missile project, but every time their rockets are launched, they are intercepted and destroyed by the more advanced technology of mysterious flying saucers hovering near the Earth. The alien race has completely surrounded the planet, giving Earth the sixty days to surrender. The enemy spacecraft appear indestructible, and Marvin sets out to find a weapon that can defeat them. The special effects of stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen are legendary, most notably in the scene in which flying saucers attack the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. [More]
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum
Starring: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, Thomas Brown Henry, Grandon Rhodes, Larry Blake, Harry Lauter, Charles Evans
Director: Fred F. Sears, Fred Jackman
Director: Fred F. Sears
Producer: Charles H. Schneer
Screenwriter: George Worthing Yates
Director: Fred Jackman
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Reviews for Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers
Harryhausen effects are first reason to see this sci-fi mini-classic, and it is a fun trip.
One of countless pieces of '50s pulp to come out of a social fabric defined equally by interest in the unknown and mounting Cold War paranoia.
It is a good example of the kind of mediocre, paranoiac sci-fi films that were being made at the time.
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