This Island Earth 1955
Directed by Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
- 85 min
2½ Years in the Making!
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Rex ReasonDr. Cal Meacham
- Faith DomergueDr. Ruth Adams
- Jeff MorrowExeter
- Lance FullerBrack
- Robert NicholsJoe Wilson
- Russell JohnsonSteve Carlson
- Douglas SpencerThe Monitor of Metaluna
- Karl Ludwig LindtDr. Adolph Engelborg
- Regis PartonMutant (uncredited)
- Richard DeaconPilot (uncredited)
Crew
- Joseph M. NewmanDirector
- Jack ArnoldDirector
- Franklin CoenScreenplay
- George CallahanScreenplay
- Clifford StineDirector of Photography
- Virgil W. VogelEditor
- William AllandProducer
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