The Man from Planet X (1951)
Horror|Romance|Sci-Fi
A New York City newspaper reporter flies to a remote island off Scotland, on an invitation from a scientist who is a long-time friend, to cover the news of the approach to earth of a previously-unknown planet, which the scientist has called Planet X. While awaiting the calculated date of it closest approach to Earth, they discover a torpedo-shaped craft in which an agent of Planet X, peacefully disposed, has landed to make preparations for further landings of X-people when the planet reaches its closest proximity to Earth. The scientist’s assistant crosses up the friendly visitor, who depends on a tank of X-atmosphere for survival. The Man from Planet X, using a mesmeric ray, captures the scientist, his daughter, the assistant and several townspeople. The reporter calls Scotland Yard. Sherrill Corwin, a distributor, gave this film a test-run at the San Francisco Paramount on March 9, 1951 (after screening it in Hollywood for the trade-paper reviewers on March 8) before buying the distribution rights from Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen’s Mid-Century Pictures production company.
Director:Edgar G. Ulmer
Writers:Aubrey Wisberg (written by) and
Jack Pollexfen (written by)
Genre:Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi
Tagline:The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
Plot:To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory on the foggy moors of a remote Scottish island…
Plot Keywords:Planet | Scientist | Reporter | Island | Scotland
User Comments:A cult movie about alien contact
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Cast
Robert Clarke … John Lawrence
Margaret Field … Enid Elliot
Raymond Bond … Professor Elliot
William Schallert … Dr. Mears
Roy Engel … Tommy the Constable
David Ormont … Inspector Porter
Gilbert Fallman … Dr. Robert Blane
Tom Daly
June Jeffery … Wife of Missing Man
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