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From another planet... sent to enslave mankind!
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A misguided scientist enables an alien from Venus named Zontar to come to earth in order to help solve man's problems...
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First Buchanan film ever viewed.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | John Agar | ... | Dr. Curt Taylor |
 | Susan Bjurman | ... | Anne Taylor |
| Tony Huston | ... | Keith Ritchie (as Anthony Houston) |
| Pat Delaney | ... | Martha Ritchie (as Patricia De Laney) |
| Neil Fletcher | ... | Gen. Matt Young |
| Warren Hammack | ... | John, Rocket Scientist at Zone 6 |
| Colleen Carr | ... | Louise, Zone 6 |
| Jeff Alexander | ... | Rocket Scientist at Zone 6 |
| Bill Thurman | ... | Sheriff Brad Crenshaw |
 | Andrew Traister | ... | Sgt. Magalari |
| Jonathan Ledford | ... | Zone 6 Gate Guard |
| George Edgley | ... | Mr. Ledford, Newspaper Editor (as George Edglley) |
| Carol Gilley | ... | Alice, Zone 6 Clerk |
| Bertha Holmes | ... | Townswoman |
Directed by | |||
| Larry Buchanan | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Hillman Taylor | (screenplay) & | |
| Larry Buchanan | (screenplay) | |
| Lou Rusoff | film "It Conquered the World" (uncredited) | |
Produced by | |||
| Edwin Tobolowsky | .... | associate producer | |
| Larry Buchanan | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Ronald Stein | (uncredited) | ||
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| Robert B. Alcott | (director of photography) | ||
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| Robert Dracup | |||
Sound Department | |||
| S.F. Brownrigg | .... | sound supervisor | |
| Bruce Shearin | .... | sound recordist | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Ralph K. Johnson | .... | camera operator | |
| Ted Liles II | .... | best boy | |
| James A. Sullivan | .... | assistant camera (as Jim Sullivan) | |
Other crew | |||
| Joreta C. Cherry | .... | production coordinator (as Joreta Cherry) | |
| Annabelle Weenick | .... | dialogue director | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1966) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
- Academy Pictures Corp.
- BijouFlix Releasing (2004) (USA) (DVD)
- Dark Dreams Video (USA) (VHS)
- Mad Monster Video (video)
- Masked Maniacs (video)
- Payless Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Retromedia Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
- Simitar Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (199?) (USA) (VHS)
- Video Dimensions (USA) (VHS)
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"Zontar: Invader from Venus" - USA (video box title)
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This remake of Roger Corman's low budget It Conquered the World (1956) was one of a series of films shot in 16mm and color and was used to pad out one of American International's television syndication packages.See more »
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Revealing mistakes: As Curt and Ann discuss the worldwide power failure that has shut down their car, two cars drive by in the background.See more »
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Keith Ritchie:He knows exactly what he wants and he's about to make a move to get it. And although his name is untranslatable to any Earth language, it would sound something like Zontar.See more »
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This of course was the first movie i saw by the infamous Z-Grade Master Larry Buchanan. I saw It Conquered The World (1956) the monster was kinda stupid looking in the original but it was made like that for Venus gravity reasons, i still enjoyed the original being a B-Movie Buff myself & it was by Roger Corman one of the most well known Producers & Directors of Sci-Fi & Horror Cinema. Well I read about Buchanan's Version on the net saw screen caps & all I thought the monster in this remake looks better so i asked for it for my Birthday in September of 2001 i got it & watched it. I knew John Agar from other Sci-Fi & Horror Flicks he was really good in this one the other acting was alright not as good as him though of course i still really enjoyed it. As we all know Susan Bjurman of course was no Beverly Garland at the role & not as beautiful as Garland, but she was good at the acting part. Tony Houston was good but he was no Lee Van Cleef. Pat Delaney was as good as Sally Fraser & as beautiful i thought. The original was better in some ways & Buchanan's version was better in other ways. So overall I really liked it.