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The Strange World of Planet X (1957)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1957
Running Times: 75 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio:
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Artistes Alliance Ltd / Eros Films
Executive Producer: John Bash
Producer: George Maynard
Production Manager: John Dark
SCRIPT
Script: Paul Ryder
Novel: René Ray
DIRECTION
Director: Gilbert Gunn
Assistant Director: Frank Ernst
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Josef Ambor
Camera Operator: Gus Drisse
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Francis Bieber
MUSIC
Music: Robert Sharples
SOUND
Sound Recording: Cecil Mason
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Charles Nash
Hair: Daphne Martin
Wardrobe Supervisor: Irma Birch
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Anglo-Scottish Pictures Ltd
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Bernard Sarron
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Kay Mander
LOCATIONS
Locations: National Studios, Elstree, London, UK
CAST
Forrest Tucker (Gil Graham)
Gaby André (Michele Dupont)
Martin Benson (Smith)
Alec Mango (Dr Laird)
Wyndham Goldie (Brigadier General Cartwright)
Hugh Latimer (Jimmy Murray)
Dandy Nichols (Mrs Tucker)
Richard Warner (Inspector Burns)
Patricia Sinclair (Helen Forsyth)
Geoffrey Chater
(Gerard Wilson)
Hilda Fennemore (Mrs Hale)
Susan Redway (Jane Hale)
Catherine Lancaster (Gillian Betts (uncredited))
Neil Wilson (PC Tidy (uncredited))
SUMMARY
British scientist Dr Laird and his staff succeed
in creating extremely powerful magnetic fields that soon start to affect
distant objects. Their equipment is mysteriously drawing on extra power
but at first the team can't work out where it's coming from. Then a
mysterious man appears in the nearby village with dire warnings of impending
doom...
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Eros Film Distributors Ltd
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Distributors Corporation of America Inc
Video Distributor: Media Home Entertainment; Rhino Home Video; Sinister
Cinema; Something Weird Video; VCI Home Video
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
UK
Rating: A
TIMELINE
1957
September
5: UK - rated A by the BBFC (for theatrical release)
POSTER TAGS
Man and alien unite to combat the most insidious peril the
universe has ever known!
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
The Cosmic Monster - US title
Cosmic Monsters - US advertising title
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REMAKE OF
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Strange World of Planet X (1956)
KEYWORDS
aliens, book into film, giant insects, magnetism,
scientists, ufos
Last Updated:
30 January, 2010
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