Monsters, Genre Hybrids
This Island Earth
1955
2½ Years in the Making!
Directed by Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
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1113
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Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
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- Directors
- Jack Arnold, Joseph M. Newman
- Written by
- Franklin Coen, George Callahan, Raymond F. Jones
- Produced by
- William Alland
- Cinematographer
- Clifford Stine
- Editor
- Virgil W. Vogel
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Language
- English
- Also known as
- Bloodlust in Outer Space
- TMDB
- 6.0/10 (240 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 75% Fresh
- IMDb
- 5.9/10 (10,907 votes)
Released June 10, 1955·$800,000 budget·$1,700,000 revenue
Cast
Rex Reason
Dr. Cal Meacham
Faith Domergue
Dr. Ruth Adams
Jeff Morrow
Exeter
Lance Fuller
Brack
Robert Nichols
Joe Wilson
Russell Johnson
Steve Carlson
Douglas Spencer
The Monitor of Metaluna
Richard Deacon
Spacecraft Pilot
Regis Parton
Mutant
Karl Ludwig Lindt
Dr. Adolph Engelborg
Robert B. Williams
Webb
Coleman Francis
Express Deliveryman
Crew
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