Invasion (1966 film)
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Director Alan Bridges Music director Bernard Ebbinghouse Duration | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Sci-Fi Screenplay Roger Marshall Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1966 Based on a story by Robert Holmes Writer Robert Holmes (story), Roger Marshall Initial release October 1965 (United Kingdom) Cast Edward Judd (Dr. Mike Vernon), Yoko Tani (Leader of the Lystrians), Valerie Gearon (Dr. Claire Harland), Lyndon Brook (Brian Carter)Similar movies The Avengers , Edge of Tomorrow , Alien , Independence Day , The Man from Planet X , They Live | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Invasion is a 1966 low-budget British science fiction film, directed by Alan Bridges for producer Jack Greenwood of Merton Park Studios.
Contents
The film was written by Roger Marshall from a storyline by Robert Holmes. Holmes later re-used elements of his storyline in a 1970 Doctor Who serial entitled Spearhead from Space, which introduced Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor.
Plot
An alien spacecraft crash-lands on Earth, near a secluded hospital not far from London. The aliens, who are humanoid and resemble East Asians, are taken to a rural hospital where they cause a forcefield to be raised around the building.
Critical reception
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction praises Alan Bridges' direction, saying that he "creates a powerfully strange atmosphere despite a very small budget."
Availablility
The film was theatrically released by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK, and by American International Pictures in the United States.
A very brief video release by Warner Home Video was available in the UK in 1992.
A DVD version was re-released in November 2014 by Networkonair.
Cast
References
Invasion (1966 film) WikipediaInvasion (1966 film) IMDbInvasion (1966 film) themoviedb.org