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The Strange World of Planet X

"Man and alien unite to combat the most insidious peril the universe has ever known!"

42
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NR 1958 · 1h 15m
Horror, Science Fiction
Starring Forrest Tucker · Gaby André · Martin Benson
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Near a small English village, a scientific team is conducting experiments with magnetic fields, the results of which may have military applications but the intensification of which seem to be connected to UFO reports, a series of murders, an enormous insect egg, and a strange visitor with exceptional scientific knowledge.

Theatrical
Jul 7, 1958
Director
Gilbert Gunn
Writer
Paul Ryder
Producers
George Maynard, John Bash
Music
Robert Sharples
Studio
Artists Alliance
Keywords
based on novel or book flying saucer giant spider magnetic field giant insect murder mad scientist alien invasion environmental disaster mutations scientist heroine woman scientist scientific experiment cosmic rays mad killer
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F
Forrest Tucker
Gil Graham
G
Gaby André
Michele Dupont
M
Martin Benson
Smith
A
Alec Mango
Dr. Laird
W
Wyndham Goldie
Brigadier Cartwright
H
Hugh Latimer
Jimmy Murray
D
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Tucker
R
Richard Warner
Insp. Burns
G
Geoffrey Chater
Gerard Wilson
C
Catherine Lancaster
Gillian Betts
H
Hilda Fenemore
Mrs. Hale

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