The Man From Planet X (1951)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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07.25.09
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A New york City newspaper reporter flies to a remote island off Scotland, on an invitation from a scientist who is a long-time friend, to cover the news of the approach to earth of a previously-unknown planet, which the scientist has called Planet X. While awaiting the calculated date of it closest approach to Earth, they discover a torpedo-shaped craft in which an agent of Planet X, peacefully disposed, has landed to make preparations for further landings of X-people when the planet reaches its closest proximity to Earth. The scientist's assistant crosses up the friendly visitor, who depends on a tank of X-atmosphere for survival. The Man from Planet X, using a mesmeric ray, captures the scientist, his daughter, the assistant and several townspeople. The reporter calls Scotland yard. Sherrill Corwin, a distributor, gave this film a test-run at the San Francisco Paramount on March 9, 1951 (after screening it in Hollywood for the trade-paper reviewers on March 8) before buying the distribution rights from Aubrey Wisberg and Jack Pollexfen's Mid-Century Pictures production company.
Movie Tagline:
The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
Title: Man From Planet X, The
Release Date: March 09, 1951
Runtime: 70 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 5.7
Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With M
MPAA Rating: Approved
Director(s):
Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast:
Robert Clarke ...John Lawrence
Margaret Field ...Enid Elliot
Raymond Bond ...Professor Elliot
William Schallert ...Dr. Mears
Roy Engel ...Tommy the Constable
David Ormont ...Inspector Porter
Gilbert Fallman ...Dr. Robert Blane
Tom Daly ...Donal, a searcher
June Jeffery ...Wife of Missing Man
Charles Davis ...Geordie - Man at Dock
Franklyn Farnum ...Sgt. Ferris, Porter's Assistant
Pat Goldin ...The Man from Planet X
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Jack Pollexfen
Aubrey Wisberg
Ilse Lahn
Writer(s):
Aubrey Wisberg
Jack Pollexfen
Composer(s):
Charles Koff
More Movie Taglines:
- The WEIRDEST Visitor the Earth has ever seen!
- The Deadliest Enemy the World has ever Known!
Movie Quote(s):
- Professor Elliot: Your statement has the tinge of fantasy.
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Professor Elliot: Well, the only difference between water and space is a matter of density.
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Enid Elliot: When I got close to it, it looked like a giant glass ball girdled with something like a steel belt. Three of them, I think. When I got close enough to look in - there it was. Professor Elliot: It? What? Enid Elliot: That face! Right on the other side of the glass looking right into mine! I was terrified! Professor Elliot: A face? A human face? Enid Elliot: A ghastly caricature like something distorted by pressure. I can't think how else to describe it - a horrible, grotesque face looking right into my eyes!
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Dr. Mears: [to the Man from Planet X] [laughs] Dr. Mears: To think - a fantastic gnome like you had to hurdle out of space to put this power in my hands. Well, now that we've made contact, I'm gonna tear out every secret you've got!
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John Lawrence: What'd you do to him back there in the dungeon? Dr. Mears: Do to him? Why I didn't do anything. Nothing at all. John Lawrence: He showed a definite disposition for friendliness when I left. Dr. Mears: Well how can you talk of him as if her were a human being? How do we know what thought processes run through his head? How can we even assume that he thinks like we do? How can you anticipate what a fantastic organism like that might do or might no do? John Lawrence: Alright! Alright!
Movie Trivia:
- To stretch his meager budget, director Edgar G. Ulmer was able to use sets from the big-budget epic Joan of Arc (1948).
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Filmed in six days.
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Shot in six days.
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Planet, Planet X, Scientist, Reporter, Island ...[more]
Keywords All:
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Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 69 votes cast total
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