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) (as Charles Griffith), 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:

pay phone | blood | alien | outer space | binocular microscope | 

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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:

Emisario de otro mundo

Filming Locations:

Griffith Observatory, 2800 E Observatory Rd, 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

One of the distribution prints repeated three scenes to lengthen the film. These three are: the scene in which Johnson speaks with the courier in his living room (first appearing before the opening credits as a flash-forward), the scene in which Johnson chases Nadine (repeated immediately) and the scene in which Harry chases Johnson (repeated immediately).

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Goofs

You are obviously viewing a rip-off the original movie does not have the boom mike nor the mike visible.

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Quotes

Davanna Woman: If I do not receive blood within four chronoctons of time, I will have no need of emotion.

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Connections

Featured in Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)

User Reviews

Out of this World entertainment from R. Corman

One of Corman's most unusual and entertaining features from the 50s. Rubber monsters are totally extraneous to the menace of (the excellent) Paul Birch as the sunglass-wearing alien from Davana who puts a scare in sexy nurse Beverly Garland! Bev hams it up in a slick one-piece for John Haze's amusement and Dick Miller drops by in an excellent bit as a VERY annoying vacuum salesman. The audience mightn't have minded when he died, and here is one of the earliest examples of Corman's very influential use of comedy/horror. Very good script was adapted almost word for word in some scenes for the 80s version -- a tribute to Griffith's skill as a writer of such glib dialogue. A bit more effective production would have helped, but we all know how Corman likes to pinch a penny.

This is a truly great, almost unknown B-movie -- why doesn't someone get their hands on a print and put it out on DVD and video again? I had to go to the best video store in San Francisco to find it anywhere in the whole bay area. I don't think it's currently in circulation, and it's very hard to find a copy. Thus, not many people know about the original version of this great flick (which features vampire blood fetishism in the context of alien invaders! I mean, how could you go wrong?). The remake was good, but not as good as the original. I think Allied distributed this for Corman, so there should be prints floating around somewhere, so let's hope a nice one pops up on DVD soon.