Actors: Ted Cooper, Noreen Nash, Dick
Sands, Burt Wenland
Rating: 1 out of 10, The next in my
series of bad sci fi “classics” as an extremely low budget alien “thriller”
from the early 1950s. As required for that time period there was a long section
on the security of the US and the dangers of nuclear energy. A somewhat
befuddled alien streaks into the night sky ably tracked by the military until
he crashes near Santa Monica. This is when the stalwart field investigators of
the FCC start tracking him down, huh? I hope it made more sense back then. It
turns out the alien is invisible once he removes his scary looking scuba
outfit. I’m sure whatever money was laid out for this disaster came from the
tobacco industry because no scene could be completed without someone lighting
up. I’m serious, they actually paused dialogue so actors could spark up before
proceeding. I think this is the third or fourth of these early 1950s sci fi
flicks that was set in the Griffith Observatory – wonder what that was all
about. Avoid this – unless you’re a dedicated smoker.
MVP: Cooper as the steadfast FCC investigator
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