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September 1958 (USA)
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Crawling, Slimy Things Terror-Bent on Destroying the World!
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Strange things are happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth...
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Guess who's coming to dinner?
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(Complete credited cast) | Ed Nelson | ... | Dr. Paul Kettering (as Edwin Nelson) |
| Alan Frost | ... | Glenn Cameron |
| Cornelius Keefe | ... | Senator Walter K. Powers (as Jack Hill) |
| Joanna Lee | ... | Alice Summers |
| Jody Fair | ... | Elaine Cameron |
| David Hughes | ... | Dr. Wyler |
| Robert Ball | ... | Dan Walker |
| Greigh Phillips | ... | Sheriff |
| Orville Sherman | ... | Mayor Cameron |
 | Leonard Nimoy | ... | Professor Cole (as Leonard Nemoy) |
| Doug Banks | ... | Doctor |
| Henry Randolph | ... | Telegrapher |
| Saul Bronson | ... | Prof. Helsingman |
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The producers of this movie were sued by Robert A. Heinlein, who claimed the plot stole several elements of his novel, "The Puppet Masters". The suit was settled out of court.
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Factual errors: Leonard Nimoy's name is misspelled in the opening credits as "Leonard Nemoy"
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Senator Walter K. Powers:
...Or my name isn't Walter K. Powers!
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Featured in "Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond" (1996)
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It's only about 60 minutes long, and the special effects (what little there are) are substandard, but some real imagination went into this one, with a plot based on `The Puppet Masters' by Robert Heinlein. A strange Earth-drilling craft surfaces in a small town and disgorges a horde of fuzzy little parasitic creatures who fasten themselves to the necks of the townsfolk and control their brains. Scientist Ed Nelson (who is also the film's producer) battles the invaders. Watch for a scene in which the hero enters the drill craft and confronts a bearded old man . . . played by Leonard Nimoy!
If you just LOVE 1950s sci-fi, here's an obscure little curiosity for you. If not . . . well, try the Sci-Fi Channel.