Rating: NR
Genre: Science Fiction
Release Date: 01/15/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Por/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol/Por
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 83 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures

Anyone who's seen the 1996 science-fiction lampoon Mars Attacks may have trouble watching Earth vs. the Flying Saucers with a straight face. Hugh Marlowe plays scientist Russell Marvin, who is on-hand when an alien spacecraft lands on earth. The saucermen at first insist that they've come in peace, but Marvin suspects otherwise. Sure enough, the visitors eventually declare their intention to take over the earth within the next 60 days, adding that the military's weapons are useless against them. The two-month window gives Marvin and his cohorts plenty of time to build-up superweapon, and thus stave off the seven-saucer invasion force. Special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen does a nice job laying waste to Washington DC in the film's memorable finale. The supporting cast of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers includes those two sci-fi flick stalwarts of the 1950s, Morris Ankrum and Thomas Browne Henry.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Hugh Marlowe - Dr. Russell A. Marvin
Joan Taylor - Carol Marvin
Donald Curtis - Maj. Huglin
Morris Ankrum - Gen. Hanley
John Zaremba - Prof. Kanter
Tom Browne Henry - Adm. Enright
Grandon Rhodes - Gen. Edmunds
Larry Blake - Motorcycle Officer
Harry Lauter - Cutting
Charles Evans - Dr. Alberts
Clark Howat - Sgt. Nash
Frank Wilcox - Alfred Cassidy
Alan Reynolds - Maj. Kimberly

Production:
Fred Sears - Director
Charles H. Schneer - Producer
Mischa Bakaleinikoff - Composer
Danny B. Landres - Editor
George Worthing Yates Raymond T. Marcus - Screen Writer
Sidney Clifford - Set Designer
Paul Palmentola - Art Director
Fred Jackman, Jr. - Cinematographer
Sam Katzman - Executive Producer
Mischa Bakaleinikoff - Musical Direction/Supervision
Curt Siodmak - Screen Story
Josh Westmoreland - Sound/Sound Designer
Ray Harryhausen - Special Effects
Russ Kelley - Special Effects
Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe - Book Author

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