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Overview

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Director:
Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers:
Aubrey Wisberg (written by) and
Jack Pollexfen (written by)
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Release Date:
27 April 1951 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen! more
Plot:
To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory on the foggy moors of a remote Scottish island... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A cult movie about alien contact more

Cast

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Robert Clarke ... John Lawrence
Margaret Field ... Enid Elliot
Raymond Bond ... Professor Elliot
William Schallert ... Dr. Mears
Roy Engel ... Tommy the Constable
David Ormont ... Inspector Porter
Gilbert Fallman ... Dr. Robert Blane
Tom Daly
June Jeffery ... Wife of Missing Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | USA:Approved (PCA #15073) | Sweden:15

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To stretch his meager budget, director Edgar G. Ulmer was able to use sets from the big-budget epic Joan of Arc (1948). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Dr. Mears tries to overcome the alien by shutting off his breathing apparatus, you can see the circular hole in the top of the aliens helmet enabling the actor Pat Goldin to breath. more
Quotes:
Professor Elliot: Your statement has the tinge of fantasy. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Svengoolie: The Man from Planet X (#1.19)" (1995) more

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
A cult movie about alien contact, 20 August 2005
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Author: Paulo R. C. Barros (paulorcbarros@uol.com.br) from São Paulo, Brazil

"The Man of Planet X" (1951 - 70 minutes), is a delicious cult of science fiction directed by Edgar G. Ulmer from the story of Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen, and with the main actors: Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond Bond and William Schallert. Professor Elliot (Raymond Bond) works in an observatory in the Scottish island of Burray and discovers a new planet in the Solar System, Planet "X". The route of the enigmatic celestial body will pass quite near the planet Earth. John Lawrence (Robert Clarke), an American journalist friend of Elliot, goes to the island to get information about the unusual fact and finds Dr. Mears there (William Schallert), an unscrupulous scientist and his disaffection. The professor Elliot's daughter, Eunid (Margaret Field), is the first one to see a stranger alien spaceship and its occupant, after having her car damaged in a road with much fog, at night. The mysterious space traveler makes contact with professor Elliot and his friends and will use a device to control their minds. Is the visitor friendly? What are his intentions? What is his relationship with Planet "X"?

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