This Island Earth (1955)

87 min · Retro Science Fiction, monster film, science fiction film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Joseph M. Newman

Cast

Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller, Russell Johnson, Douglas Spencer, Robert Nichols, Karl Ludwig Lindt

The story

Physicist and leading atomic scientist Dr. Cal Meacham is flying to his laboratory in a loaned Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. Just before landing, the jet's engine fails, but he is saved from crashing by a mysterious green glow that surrounds his aircraft.

Catalogue themes and tags

Extraterrestrial Technology, Flucht, Forschungslabor, Georgia, Marsmenschen, Nobel Prize Laureate, Resettlement, Wissenschaftlerin, Science Fiction, Adventure

Genres

Retro Science Fiction, monster film, science fiction film

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