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Overview
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Before You Scoff at Flying Saucers - See the Greatest SHOCK Film of All Time ! morePlot:
While driving through the desert with his wife Carol Marvin to a military base to send the eleventh... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
Pretty Intelligent For Its Genre, But Lacks Excitement moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Hugh Marlowe | ... | Dr. Russell A. Marvin | |
| Joan Taylor | ... | Carol Marvin | |
| Donald Curtis | ... | Maj. Huglin, Liason Officer | |
| Morris Ankrum | ... | Brig. Gen. John Hanley | |
| John Zaremba | ... | Prof. Kanter | |
| Thomas Browne Henry | ... | Vice Adm. Enright (as Tom Browne Henry) | |
| Grandon Rhodes | ... | Gen. Edmunds | |
| Larry J. Blake | ... | Motorcycle cop (as Larry Blake) |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
83 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12Filming Locations:
Hyperion Water Treatment Facility - 12000 Vista Del Mar, Playa del Rey, Los Angeles, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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The supposed satellite launches are actually stock footage of Viking rockets, high0altitude probes that were the predecessors of the Vanguard, intended to be the first satellite launcher. The later shots of rockets crashing at takeoff are really German V-2s, since none of the first 12 Vikings ever failed. Ironically, the 13th Viking, now called Vanguard, blew up on the launch pad, just like in the movie. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During the offspeed playback, the reels are turning at close to normal speed, certainly at least half normal. For the high-pitched sound we heard earlier to have concealed an unnoticeable spoken message, the speed discrepancy would have had to be more than a factor of 10. moreQuotes:
Brig. Gen. John Hanley: As you were, Sergeant.Sgt. Nash: Unidentified Flying Object reported flying due West, sir. Probably a buzzard.
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This was fairly interesting and nicely low-key for a 1950s sci-fi flick....which usually means one thing: hysterical women shrieking and screaming. Well, there's none of that nonsense here. Ray Harryhausen's special-effects were lauded and justifiably so for his era, but you can imagine how they look today 50 years later! They look pretty primitive.
The acting is respectable considering the three stars - Hugh Marlow, Joan Taylor and Donald Curtis - are anything but "stars." I do think the story could have used a bit of humor to spice it up a bit, but you can't always get everything.
At least this one was one "flying saucer movie" that had some intelligence. It might have had too much, because it had very little excitement.