Directed by:
William Cameron MenziesScreenplay:
Richard BlakeCinematography:
John F. SeitzCast:
Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Helena Carter, Leif Erickson, Hillary Brooke, Milburn Stone, Barbara Billingsley, John Eldredge, Richard Deacon, Bert Freed (more)Plots(1)
A young boy is awakened during a storm to witness a flying saucer land in the field behind his home. No one will believe his story as, one by one, the townspeople are captured and put under the control of sinister forces from the planet Mars! (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Arthur Franz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792695_39b17d.jpg)
Arthur Franz
USA
Best movies:
The Young Lions (1958)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
![Jimmy Hunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871848_20b422.jpg)
Jimmy Hunt
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Pitfall (1948)
![Helena Carter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/400/400489_fc3fae.jpg)
Helena Carter
USA
Best movies:
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
![Leif Erickson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247517_d25691.jpg)
Leif Erickson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![Hillary Brooke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901331_206df5.jpg)
Hillary Brooke
USA
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
![Milburn Stone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019321_399f3e.jpg)
Milburn Stone
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
White Feather (1955)
![Barbara Billingsley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871833_52afdf.jpg)
Barbara Billingsley
USA
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Act of Violence (1948)
Flying High! (1980)
![John Eldredge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319218_3f228a.jpg)
John Eldredge
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Black Cat (1941)
![Richard Deacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779809_3dceee.jpg)
Richard Deacon
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
The Proud Ones (1956)
![Bert Freed](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000076_8e84cd.gif)
Bert Freed
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Frank Wilcox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000142_001f18.jpg)
Frank Wilcox
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
![Charles Cane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000162_65fe1a.jpg)
Charles Cane
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
![Peter Brocco](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883000_972dce.jpg)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
![Walter Sande](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000230_9e33e2.jpg)
Walter Sande
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
![Robert Shayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000240_3b1264.jpg)
Robert Shayne
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
![Douglas Kennedy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/317/159317993_cb0e52.jpg)
Douglas Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
![Max Wagner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/381/159381932_f062f5.jpg)
Max Wagner
Mexico
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
![Morris Ankrum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/144/160144322_82e26c.jpg)
Morris Ankrum
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Colorado Territory (1949)
![William Phipps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/333/158333191_2452d4.jpg)
William Phipps
USA
Best movies:
Cinderella (1950)
Lust for Life (1956)
Julius Caesar (1953)
![William Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330148_f515a0.jpg)
William Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)