Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
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Cast & Crew.
Jimmy Hunt
David Maclean
Arthur Franz
Dr. Stuart Kelston
Helena Carter
Dr. Pat Blake, MD
Leif Erickson
Mr. George MacLean
Hillary Brooke
Mrs. Mary MacLean
Morris Ankrum
Col. Fielding
Walter Sande
Police Sgt. Mack Finlay
Bert Freed
Police Chief A.C. Barrows
Max Wagner
Army Sgt. Rinaldi
Charles Gibb
Lt. Blair
Milburn Stone
Army Capt. Roth
Douglas Kennedy
Officer Jackson
Charles Cane
Officer Blaine
Fay Baker
Mrs. Wilson
Janine Perreau
Kathy Wilson
John Eldredge
Mr. Turner
Barbara Billingsley
Kelston's Secretary
Richard Deacon
MP
Gil Herman
Major Clary
Luce Potter
The Martian Intelligence
Lock Martin
Mutant Carrying David to 'Intelligence'
Max Palmer
Second Mutant Guarding the 'Intelligence'
Todd Karns
Jim the Gas Station Attendant
Frank Wilcox
Pentagon Chief of Staff
Robert Shayne
Dr. William Wilson
William Phipps
Sgt. Baker
William Forrest
Col. Mayberry
Peter Brocco
Brainard (bit)
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
William Cameron Menzies
Director / Production Design
Raoul Kraushaar
Original Music Composer
Arthur Roberts
Editor
Boris Leven
Art Direction
Jack Cosgrove
Visual Effects / Special Effects
Edward L. Alperson Jr.
Associate Producer
John Tucker Battle
Story
Edward L. Alperson
Producer
Richard Blake
Screenplay
Gene Hibbs
Makeup Artist
Ruby Felker
Hairstylist
Edward G. Boyle
Set Dresser
Jack Rabin
Matte Painter
Ben Chapman
Assistant Director / Production Manager
Leonard Kunody
Second Assistant Director
Howard Lydecker
Mechanical & Creature Designer
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound
Irving Block
Matte Painter
Mary Yerke
Script Supervisor
Anatole Robbins
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 22, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 18m
Budget$290,000
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This Movie Is About.
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Invaders from Mars is a 1953 American independent science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson, and Hillary Brooke. It was produced by Edward L. Alperson Jr. and released by 20th Century-Fox in SuperCinecolor. The film follows David MacLean, a young boy who witnesses a flying saucer behind his home one night. When his father investigates, he returns a changed man; soon David's mother, his neighbors, and others begin to act in the same way. David's panicked story is heard by Dr. Pat Blake, who takes him to astronomer Dr. Stuart Kelston. David convinces Kelston that this is an invading vanguard from Mars.
Invaders from Mars recounts its story from the point of view of an older child in an adult world heading into crisis. It was developed from a scenario by Richard Blake and based on a story treatment by John Tucker Battle, who was inspired by a dream recounted to him by his wife. The film was rushed into production to be released before George Pal's War of the Worlds (also released in 1953), becoming the first feature film to show aliens and their spacecraft in color.
In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."