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Director:
Gene Fowler Jr.
Writer:
Louis Vittes (writer)
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Release Date:
October 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The bride wore terror! more
Plot:
Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Tom Tryon ... Bill Farrell
Gloria Talbott ... Marge Bradley Farrell
Peter Baldwin ... Officer Frank Swanson
Robert Ivers ... Harry Phillips
Chuck Wassil ... Ted Hanks
Ty Hardin ... Mac Brody (as Ty Hungerford)
Ken Lynch ... Dr. Wayne
John Eldredge ... Police Captain H.B. Collins
Alan Dexter ... Sam Benson
James Anderson ... Weldon
Jean Carson ... Helen Alexander Benson
Jack Orrison ... Officer Schultz

Steve London ... Charles Mason
Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom ... Max Grady (bartender) (as Maxie Rosenbloom)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
78 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1959) | USA:Unrated | Sweden:15
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

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Trivia:
The dogs who attack the undisguised aliens near the end of the film were initially too scared to approach the costumed actors. The dogs were then acclimated to the presence of the suited actors - perhaps too well, for when the time came to shoot the scene of the dogs attacking the aliens, the dogs didn't attack the aliens, but jumped playfully around and on them instead. The dogs were then trained to go for the "breathing tubes" on the alien costumes. Apparently, the actors playing the aliens had to guide the dogs to attack the "breathing tubes." more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: After the newlyweds depart the church, they are driving down a country road. Just as they are about to pass a mysterious alien figure, the shadow of a boom mic can be briefly seen on the road as the camera traverses with the motion of the vehicle. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Woman in Bar: Those guys ain't even giving us a hard look.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Indiana Jones 4: The Return of a Legend (2008) (V) more

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Try to ignore the ludicrous title, 25 March 2004
Author: tiger-moth from Crawley England

Despite the dreadful title, this is a well made, thought provoking Sci-fi film. A young bride discovers that her husband is not the man she fell in love with, but a hideous alien in a specially constructed shell. The thought provoking part, is the ambiguous character of the aliens. At first you are convinced that these ugly creatures are on earth for evil intent. as the film progresses, you are aware of their desperation to survive, even if they have to kill to do it. In one excellent scene, a hooded alien stares longingly at a doll in a shop window, and then ruthlessly kills one of the locals without a second thought. this stimulates both compassion and revulsion. Both Gloria Talbott and Tom Tryon as the leading actors, give good understated performances, and in the final scene, Tryons' alien becomes a terribly pathetic creature whose only desire was to see the continuation of his race. Are the aliens good or evil? the jury is still out.

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