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Title: The Brain Eaters (1958)
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Cast
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| Ed Nelson | ... | Dr. Paul Kettering (as Edwin Nelson) | |
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Alan Jay Factor | ... | Glenn Cameron (as Alan Frost) |
| Cornelius Keefe | ... | Senator Walter K. Powers (as Jack Hill) | |
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Joanna Lee | ... | Alice Summers |
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Jody Fair | ... | Elaine Cameron |
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David Hughes | ... | Dr. Wyler |
| Robert Ball | ... | Dan Walker | |
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Greigh Phillips | ... | Sheriff |
| Orville Sherman | ... | Mayor Cameron | |
| Leonard Nimoy | ... | Professor Cole (as Leonard Nemoy) | |
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Doug Banks | ... | Doctor |
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Henry Randolph | ... | Telegrapher |
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Saul Bronson | ... | Prof. Helsingman |
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Strange things are happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth. Sent to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, Senator Walter Powers discovers that parasites from the center of the earth have infiltrated the town, taking control of the authorities and workers, making communication with the outside world impossible, and leaving the responsibility of stopping the invasion up to Powers and a small group of free individuals. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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Crawling, slimy things terror-bent on destroying the world!Parents Guide:
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Dr. Paul Kettering: No, but he's going to, at least as long as science can make him
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Among the stock music are cues from Sergei Prokofief's score for Sergei M. Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky" (1938). See more »Goofs
The creature-controlled Alice gets her night-gown trapped in the car door as it drives off from her house. See more »Quotes
Glenn Cameron: Will he live?Dr. Paul Kettering: No, but he's going to, at least as long as science can make him
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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.