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5.7/10   324 votes
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Release Date:
7 November 1954 (USA) more
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You'll be paralyzed with fear! more
Plot:
Giant robots from Venus invade Chicago. Stranded in the deserted city are Frank and Nora (who has recently attempted suicide) | add synopsis
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A Salute to House Peters, Jr.
 (From Comicmix. 4 October 2008, 4:19 PM, PDT)

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Fabulous Fifties Flick more (33 total)

Cast

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Richard Denning ... Frank Brooks
Kathleen Crowley ... Nora King
Virginia Grey ... Vicki Harris
Richard Reeves ... Jim Wilson
Robert Roark ... Davis, the Killer
Mort Marshall ... Charles Otis
Arthur Space ... Lt. General Wood
Whit Bissell ... Tom, Chief research scientist
James Drake ... Lieutenant (as Jim Drake)
Steve Pendleton ... Colonel
House Peters Jr. ... Technician
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Runtime:
75 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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Although the production crew had no permits, the scenes showing the deserted city were filmed in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday mornings when the streets would be vacant. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: As the robot ascends the hotel stairs, an electric cord attached to the robot is visible more
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Mars Attacks! (1996) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Fabulous Fifties Flick, 21 June 2000
Author: dls-3 from Toronto, Canada

The fifties were the decade for the teenager. He/she had money and time to spend on just about anything. So Hollywood stepped in to fill part of the void.

I like the fifties an sixties sci-fi and horror flicks because, not like today where special effects and schmaltz are a major part of the movie, in the fifties and sixties, things were a lot simpler and people "really"(?) had to act even in B movies.

There wasn't that much gore as there is today. The black and white film added to the atmosphere. Just enough of a monster scene was shown for your mind to fill in the blanks.

We didn't have to see bodies being blown apart.

This film was filmed during the Cold War and UFO paranoia and people just gobbled it up. One thing I like about these type of films and that is that somehow the enemy, whoever he or she is, will always get it in the end and our hero or heroes will come out on top.

Need I say more. For an interesting evening, try to get this movie, you won't be disappointed.

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