Movie
This Island Earth
Overview
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-06-10
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rex Reason as Dr. Cal Meacham
- Faith Domergue as Dr. Ruth Adams
- Jeff Morrow as Exeter
- Lance Fuller as Brack
- Robert Nichols as Joe Wilson
- Russell Johnson as Steve Carlson
- Douglas Spencer as The Monitor of Metaluna
- Karl Ludwig Lindt as Dr. Adolph Engelborg
- Regis Parton as Mutant (uncredited)
- Richard Deacon as Pilot (uncredited)
- Coleman Francis as Express Deliveryman (uncredited)
- Robert B. Williams as Webb (uncredited)
Crew
- Joseph M. Newman - Director
- Jack Arnold - Director
- Franklin Coen - Screenplay
- George Callahan - Screenplay
- Raymond F. Jones - Story
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