Rating: NR
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 05/07/2002
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 74 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Synapse Video
A handful of strangers are suddenly thrown together as America goes face-to-face against the Communist threat in this curious example of Cold War exploitation. A few people are enjoying drinks in a Manhattan cocktail lounge - television reporter
Vince Potter (
Gerald Mohr), vacationing tractor tycoon
George Sylvester (
Robert Bice), cattle baron
Ed Mulfory (
Erik Blythe), Congressman
Arthur Harroway) (
Wade Crosby), aimless party girl
Carla Sandford (
Peggie Castle), and cheerfully dunderheaded bartender
Tim (
Tom Kennedy). As they discuss the state of the world and their disinterest with U.S. defense and paying taxes, one
Mr. Ohman (
Dan O'Herlihy) begins swirling his brandy snifter, and before long the other patrons are lulled into a hypnotic state, where they're given a sneak preview of what to expect when an unnamed Communist nation invades the West Coast.
Mulfory is able to return home just in time to see his ranch flooded by enemy sabotage, armed troops take over
Sylvester's factory, the Congressman watches as Reds seize power, and the suddenly patriotic
Carla falls in love with
Vince as he covers the brave but futile resistance dished out by our ill-equipped and poorly-prepared military forces. Spectacularly paranoid and loaded with often tattered stock footage,
Invasion USA was shot in a mere seven days on a budget of $127,000, and ended up earning its producers well over a million dollars upon its initial release in 1952.
Superman fans take note:
Phyllis Coates and
Noel Neill, both of whom played
Lois Lane in the 50's television series
The Adventures of Superman, appear in
Invasion USA's supporting cast.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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