Plan Nine From Outer Space (1956)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1956
Running Times: 78 mins (Sweden; UK) 79 mins (USA)
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Reynolds Pictures, Inc.
Producer: Edward D. Wood Jr
Executive Producer: J. Edward Reynolds
Associate Producers: Charles Burg, Hugh Thomas Jr

SCRIPT
Script: Edward D. Wood Jr

DIRECTION
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: William C. Thompson
Grip: Art Mankin
Stills: Larry Smith
Laboratory: Pathe Laboratory, USA

EDITING
Editor: Edward D. Wood Jr

MUSIC
Music Supervisor: Gordon Zahler
Music: Bruce Campbell (Desolat Village - uncredited); Wolf Droysen (Uneasy Sleep; Generator House - uncredited); Trevor Duncan (Grip of the Law; Dark Traffic; The Web Tightens; Lynch Fever - uncredited); Franz Mahl (Dark of the Moon; Mystic Night; Hypertension; Vigil - uncredited); John O'Notes (In Your Arms - uncredited); Van Phillips (The Tyrant; Manhunt; Homicide Squad; Mystic; Remorse - uncredited); Steve Race (Dry Throat - uncredited); Ward Sills (Hourglass - uncredited); James Stevens (Operation Room - uncredited); Gilbert Vinter (Toward Adventure - uncredited)

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Dick Chaney

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Electrical Effects: Jim Woods

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Diana N. Loomis
Production Assistant: Donald A. Davis

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Fernando, California, USA; Quality Studios, Hollywood, California, USA

CAST
Gregory Walcott (Jeff Trent)
Mona McKinnon (Paula Trent)
Duke Moore (Lieutenant John Harper)
Tom Keene (Colonel Tom Edwards)
Carl Anthony (Patrolman Larry)
Paul Marco (Patrolman Kelton)
Tor Johnson (Inspector Daniel Clay)
Dudley Manlove (Eros)
Joanna Lee (Tanna)
John Breckinridge (The Ruler)
Lyle Talbot (General Roberts)
David De Mering (Danny)
Norma McCarty (Edith)
Bill Ash (Air Force Captain)
Reverend Lynn Lemon (Reverend)
Ben Frommer (man in cemetery)
Gloria Dea (woman in cemetery)
Conrad Brooks (Patrolman Jamie)
Vampira (rn: Maila Nurmi) (vampire girl)
Bela Lugosi (ghoul man)
Criswell (himself)
Johnny Duncan
Karl Johnson (Farmer Colter - uncredited)
Tom Mason (elderly man - uncredited)
J. Edward Reynolds, Hugh Thomas Jr (gravediggers - uncredited)
Edward D. Wood Jr (mourner at old man's funeral - uncredited)

Aliens attempt to conquer the Earth using Plan Nine - a diabolical scheme to raise and control the dead. Only a determined group of humans stand between them and world domination.

The worst film ever made? Certainly not - nothing this entertaining could be all bad. A riot of incomprehensible dialogue, botched special effects and mismatched stock footage, Plan Nine is certainly inept film-making, but it's also more fun than any big-budget 'well made' blockbuster. A classic in its own right.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Distributors Corporation of America (DCA); Wade Williams Productions Inc (1982 reissue)
Video Distributor: Rhino; Admit One Video; Englewood Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributor: Lumivision / Lumiere

Finland
Rating: K-12

Sweden
Rating: 11

UK
Rating: PG

USA
Rating: unrated

1995
June
2: Sweden - theatrical release

October
6: Finland - theatrical release

Unspeakable horrors from outer space paralyze the living and resurrect the dead!

Grave Robbers from Outer Space - working title
Piano 9 da un altro spazio - Italian title
Plan 9 aus dem Weltall - German title
The Vampire's Tomb - working title

SEE ALSO
Bride of the Monster (1956)
Dracula (1931)
Ed Wood (1994)
Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (1998)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Night of the Creeps (1986)
Night of the Ghouls (1959)
Plan 10 from Outer Space (1994)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Ed Wood: Look Back In Angora (1994)
Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The Plan 9 Companion (1992)
It Came from Hollywood (1982)
Night of the Creeps (1986)

MAGAZINES

Filmfax 55 p.22 (USA)

Hollywood no.9 (July 1996) p.72 (Croatia)
article (by Jasna Nanut)

Midnight Marquee 49 p.73 (USA)

Scarlet Street 16 p.54 (USA)

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 2 June 1995 (Sweden)
review (Woods postuma karriär kulminerar by Jeanette Gentele)

TV Filmes October 1997 p.42
review (by Manuel Pereira)

aliens; return from death; ufos; flying saucers; ray guns; military; police; aircraft; graveyards

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008