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Invasion (1966) Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times: 82 mins
Format: black and white
Ratio:
Sound: mono CREDITS PRODUCTION
Production Company: Merton Park
Producer: Jack Greenwood SCRIPT
Script: Roger Marshall
Story: Robert Holmes
DIRECTION
Director: Alan Bridges PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: James Wilson EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Derek Holding MUSIC
Music: Bernard Ebbinghouse SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Ronnie Whitehouse, Jack Kine, Stan Shields DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Scott MacGregor CAST
Edward Judd (Dr Mike Vernon)
Yoko Tani (leader of the Lystrians)
Valerie Gearon (Dr Claire Harland)
Lyndon Brook (Brian Carter)
Eric Young (the Lystrian)
Tsai Chin (Nurse Lim)
Barrie Ingham (Major Muncaster)
Anthony Sharp (Lawrence Blackburn)
Glyn Houston (Police Sergeant Draycott)
John Tate (Dundy)
Jean Lodge (Barbara Gough)
Tony Wall (Ted)
Peter Thomas (Harry)
Cali Raia (Lystrian woman)
Mark Kingston (Morgan)
Emrys Leyshon (Sergeant Williams)
Leonard Cracknell (Lloyd)
Stephanie Bidmead (Elaine)
Norman Mitchell (lorry driver)
Peter Sinclair (old Joe) SUMMARY A man is run over in the middle of the night and taken to a small English country hospital. Before long, the hospital has been encased in a force field - no-one can get out and the temperature begins to rise. The man is an alien prisoner from the planet Lystria and his female captors are scouring the countryside looking for him. CAPSULE REVIEW
An excellent low budget SF thriller, up
there with the excellent The
Day the Earth Caught Fire
(1962) as the very best of British big screen science fiction. Bridges
direction is spot on, perfectly capturing the mounting claustrophobia
in the sweltering hospital and is well served by an excellent cast.
A minor masterpiece.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: American International Pictures
Television Distributor: AIP-TV
Video Distributor: Something Weird Video CENSORSHIP HISTORY UK
Rating: U TIMELINE
1966
May
2: UK - trade showing at the Warner Pathe, Anglo Preview Theatre, London (at 1430)
22: UK - theatrical release LINKS SEE ALSO
Doctor
Who: Spearhead
From Space (1970)
REFERENCES MAGAZINES Daily Cinema no.9214 (11 May 1966) p.7 (UK)
review (by M.H.) Film and TV Technician vol.32 no.255 (June 1966) (UK)
credits Films and Filming October 1966 (UK)
review Kine Weekly no.3058 (12 May 1966) p.18 (UK)
review (by Graham Clark) Monthly Film Bulletin vol.33 no.389 (June 1966) p.87 (UK)
review, credits, synopsis BOOKS British National Film Catalogue vol.4 (1966)
credits Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p. 219
credits KEYWORDS
aliens, force fields, hospitals, prisoners
Last Updated:
17 November, 2008
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