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Not of This Earth (1957)
Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1957
Running Times: 67m
Length: 6,050 ft (8 reels)
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: black and white
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono
DIRECTION
Director: Roger
Corman
CREW
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation/Los Altos
Productions
Producer: Roger
Corman
Production Manager: Lou Place
SCRIPT
Script: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna
DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Lou Place
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John J. Mescall
Key Grip: Charles Hanawalt
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Charles Gross Jr
MUSIC
Music: Ronald Stein
SOUND
Sound: Philip Mitchell
Ryder Sound Services, Inc
COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Curly Batson
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Paul Blaisdell
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Props Master: Karl Brainard
Title Artist: Paul Julian
CAST
Paul Birch (Paul Johnson)
Beverly Garland (Nurse Nadine Story)
Morgan Jones (Officer Harry Sherbourne)
William Roerick (Dr Frederick W. Rochelle)
Jonathan Haze (Jeremy Perrin)
Roy Engel (Sergeant George Walton)
Anna Lee Carroll (woman from Davanna)
Barbara Bohrer (waitress)
Tamar Cooper (Nurse Joanne Oxford)
Pat Flynn (Officer Simmons)
Harold Fong (Oriental man)
Gail Ganley (teenage girl)
Lyle Latell
Dick Miller (Joe Piper)
Ralph Reed (teenage boy)
PLOT SUMMARY
An alien from the planet Davana arrives on Earth
using a matter transporter. His planet is doomed and his people dying
and he has been sent here in search of the blood that may save his race
from extinction. He begins abducting people from a small California
town, sending them home to davanna through his matter transmitter, but
arouses the suspicions of a young nurse who ultimately reveals his terrible
secret.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A hugely enjoyable 50s B movie that boasts great
performances, a fantastic bat monster and one of the most memorable
endings ever. It's all nonsense of course, but played commendably straight
by all involved and it certainly stands head and shoulders above the
lamentable remakes. A bona fide SF classic.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Video Distributor: World Beyond Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
USA
MPAA: 18203
TIMELINE
1956
June
Day Unknown: USA - filming begins
1957
February
28: USA - copyright registered (LP7737)
March
3: USA - theatrical release
POSTER TAGS
Somewhere in this world stalks a thing that is... NOT OF
THIS EARTH
Terror!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Gesandter des Grauens - German title
Il vampiro del pianeta rosso - Italian title
Emisario de otro mundo
LINKS
REMAKES
Not of This Earth
(1988)
Not of This Earth
(1995)
Star Portal (1998)
REFERENCES
BOOKS
The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide p.36
credits, review
KEYWORDS
aliens, vampires, matter transporters, blood
Last Updated:
5 February, 2009
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