Not of This Earth (1957)

Director:

Roger Corman

Writers:

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

Release Date:

10 February 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Blood | Laboratory | Sunglasses | Wearing Sunglasses At Night

Cast

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Clark	...	Man (uncredited)
Tom Graeff	...	Car Park Attendant (uncredited)
Charles B. Griffith	...	Man at Newsstand (uncredited)
Hank Mann	...	Bum (uncredited)

Directed by
Roger Corman

Writing credits
Charles B. Griffith		(screenplay) (as Charles Griffith) and
Mark Hanna		(screenplay)

Produced by
Roger Corman	....	producer

Original Music by
Ronald Stein

Cinematography by
John J. Mescall		(photographed by) (as John Mescall)

Film Editing by
Charles Gross		(as Charles Gross Jr.)

Makeup Department
Curly Batson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Lou Place	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jan Boleslavsky	....	assistant director
Charles B. Griffith	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Lou Place	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Karl Brainard	....	property master

Sound Department
Philip Mitchell	....	sound (as Phillip Mitchell)
Herman Lewis	....	sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Paul Blaisdell	....	special effects (uncredited)
Bob Burns	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Hannawalt	....	key grip (as Charles Hanawalt)

Other crew
Tom Graeff	....	assistant to director (uncredited)
Charles B. Griffith	....	location scout (uncredited)
Paul Julian	....	title designer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Los Altos Productions

Distributors

• Allied Artists Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
• International Film Distributors (1957) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ostalgica Film - Andreas Bierschenk (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• R&B Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• R&B Video (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• World Beyond Video (video)

Other Companies

• Ryder Sound Services  sound

Also Known As:

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG (2010) | UK:X (1957) | USA:Approved (PCA #18203)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Los Altos Productions

Trivia:

Allied Artists Pictures released this film on a double bill with Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) with the tag line "Terrorama! Double Horror Sensation!"

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: 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.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 100 Years of Horror: Blood-Drinking Beings (1996) (V)

Don't Look Them in the Eyes!

What a great sci-fi gem from director Roger Corman! A man wearing dark glasses goes to a doctor and asks for a blood transfusion. From that point on, suspense builds as we go with Beverly Garland as she assumes the job of a live-in nurse to this "strange" man with the glasses. The man is no man at all, rather an alien presence studying earth and its inhabitants to see if his species can live on earth with human blood as a nourishing factor. The alien man is frightening in manner, abilities, and his coldness to seemingly everything. Paul Birch does an outstanding job playing Mr. Johnson. Garland is superb as the heroine and Jonathan Haze does a fine job as another curious household servant. Corman builds a great deal of suspense from a pretty good script. Highly recommended!