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This Island Earth (1955)
5.7
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war. Director:Joseph M. Newman |
87 min - 
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Jeff Morrow | ... | |
| Faith Domergue | ... | ||
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Rex Reason | ... | |
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Lance Fuller | ... | |
| Russell Johnson | ... | ||
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Douglas Spencer | ... | |
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Robert Nichols | ... | |
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Karl Ludwig Lindt | ... |
Dr. Adolph Engelborg
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Dr. Meacham is chosen along with others by the inhabitants of the planet Metaluna to do research that will help save their dying planet. However, an evil scheme is uncovered by the suspecting Dr. Meacham when he discovers the Metalunan's plan to take over Earth. Dr. Meacham then escapes an exploding Metalunan built Earth lab along with Dr. Adams only to be kidnapped while flying away in a small plane. A flying saucer wisks both the scientists off to Metaluna where they are held accountable for blowing up the Metalunan Earth lab during their escape. They later escape there with the help of Exeter the friendly Metalunan. Metaluna then self destructs and the Doctors make it safely back to Earth, which is saved from Metalunan invasion. Written by <holland@maine.com>
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Bloodlust in Outer Space See more »Box Office
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$800,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Perspecta Sound encoding) (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart See more »
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The wooden crates used to deliver the "interociter" parts were themselves reused in Imitation of Life. In a scene where Susan Kohner is beaten by 'Troy Donahue' (v) she slumps on a crate in an alley. On the top of the crate is stenciled "Ryberg Electronics", the company featured in this film. See more »Goofs
Plot holes: When Cal and Ruth are on the ship, some of the aliens are leaving the compression tubes in preparation for Metaluna's atmosphere. Cal and Ruth then go into the tubes to undergo the same process. But, if Cal and Ruth were not yet compressed, and the aliens were, they should not logically be able to be in the same room at the same time, as the pressure would not be hospitable to one group or the other. See more »Quotes
Dr. Cal Meacham: [to reporters] You boys like to call this the pushbutton age. It isn't, not yet. Not until we can team up atomic energy with electronics. Then we'll have the horses as well as the cart.See more »
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"Eine kleine Nachtmusik: 2nd Movement"(uncredited)
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