Not of This Earth (1957)

An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.

Director:

Roger Corman

Writers:

Charles B. Griffith (screenplay), Mark Hanna (screenplay)

Stars:

Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones

Cast

Cast overview:
Paul Birch	...	Paul Johnson
Beverly Garland	...	Nadine Storey
Morgan Jones	...	Harry Sherbourne
William Roerick	...	Dr. F.W. Rochelle
Jonathan Haze	...	Jeremy Perrin
Dick Miller	...	Joe Piper (as Richard Miller)
Anna Lee Carroll	...	Davanna Woman (as Anne Carroll)
Pat Flynn	...	Simmons
Barbara Bohrer	...	Waitress
Roy Engel	...	Sgt. Walton
Tamar Cooper	...	Joanne
Harold Fong	...	Speciman
Lyle Latell	...	(scenes deleted)
Gail Ganley	...	Girl
Ralph Reed	...	Boy

Storyline

An alien agent from the distant planet Davana is sent to earth via a high-tech matter transporter. There he terrorizes Southern California in an attempt to acquire blood for his dying race, the result of a devastating nuclear war.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | blood | laboratory | sunglasses | wearing sunglasses at night | 

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Taglines:

Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is...

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 February 1957 (USA)

Also Known As:

De otro mundo

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park Observatory, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Los Altos Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Allied Artists Pictures released this film on a double bill with Attack of the Crab Monsters with the tag line "Terrorama! Double Horror Sensation!"

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Goofs

Not only can you see the boom microphone, but can see it's shadow on the wall when Nadine talks to her boyfriend Harry, at the kitchen table.

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Connections

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001)

User Reviews

Finally coming to DVD in January

Having only seen this film on TV and in bootleg videos with poor quality, it is great to know that Shout Factory will be releasing the original 1957 Not of This Earth on DVD in January 2011! Great campy fun with the scream queen Beverly Garland at her best. We recently lost Ms. Garland, but she will always be known as Roger Corman's favorite leading lady. Also in the cast as the alien is Paul Birch who also was in the campy Queen of Outer Space and Corman's earlier classic sci-fi film The Day the World Ended as the professor and dad to pretty Lori Nelson. Roger Corman as director really knew how to stretch a budget with Not of This Earth and the black and white photography and score serve to enhance the building suspense. This movie scared me when I was a little kid at the Union Theater in Union, NJ on a double bill with Attack of the Crab Monsters (also on this upcoming DVD). For those fans of Roger Corman's work, I recommend Not of This Earth and for those who wish to discover a little gem of a sci-fi classic, this is the one. Now if they could only get around to It Conquered the World (also with Garland) and a pristine print on DVD of The Wasp Woman that would be great. It's fun to view these 50s sci-fi films which were made on a shoestring but have becoming cult classics all these years later.