It Conquered the World (1956)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1956
Running Times: 71 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AIP / Sunset
Executive Producer: James H. Nicholson
Producer: Roger Corman
Production Manager: Lou Place

SCRIPT
Script: Lou Rusoff, Charles B. Griffith (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Director: Roger Corman

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Fred E. West

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Charles Gross

MUSIC
Music: Ronald Stein
Music Editor: Jerry Irvin

SOUND
Sound: Jay Ashworth, Paul Mitchell

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Larry Butterworth

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Paul Blaisdell

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Property Master: Karl Brainard

LOCATIONS
Locations: Beachwood, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA; Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

CAST
Peter Graves (Dr Paul Nelson)
Beverly Garland (Claire Anderson)
Lee Van Cleef (Dr Tom Anderson)
Sally Fraser (Joan Nelson)
Russ Bender (Brigadier General James Pattick)
Jonathan Haze (Private Manuel Ortiz)
Dick Miller (Sergeant Neil)
Taggart Casey (Sheriff N.J. Shallert)
Paul Harbor (Floyd Mason)
Karen Kadler (Ellen Peters)
Charles Griffith (Dr Pete Shelton)
Marshal Bradford (US Secretary Platt)
Tom Jackson (George Haskell)
David McMahn (General Carpenter)
Paul Blaisdell (the monster (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

An alien from a dying race of Venusians is lured to Earth by scientist Tom Anderson who harbours a grudge against almost everyone. Anderson has the alien plant mind control devices on people including fellow scientist Paul Nelson. But Nelson survives the attempt and sets out to persuade Anderson of the errors of his ways before the alien gets to Anderson's wife...

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Academy Pictures Corp / AIP
Video Distributors: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video

TIMELINE

1956
July
15: USA – theatrical release

September
9: Denmark – theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Every man its prisoner... every woman its slave!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Il conquistatore del mondo - Italian title
Conquistò il mondo - Italian title
It Conquered the Earth
Venusuhyret - Danish title

LINKS

REMAKE
Zontar the Thing from Venus (1966)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here (1988)

KEYWORDS

aliens, mind control, scientists

Last Updated: 26 August, 2009