UK, 1967
85m
35mm film, “photographed in Eastmancolor”
mono, English
A British science fiction film directed by Freddie Francis.
Plot Summary
Alien invaders are stealing the bodies of humans and taking them to the moon to be used as slave labour. Scientist Curt Temple has a metal plate in his head and consequently is immune to the aliens’ telepathic control and uses his advantage to fight back.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Freddie Francis
© 1967 by Amicus Productions Ltd.
An Amicus production
Produced by: Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subotsky
Screenplay by: Milton Subotsky
Based on the novel “The Gods Hate Kansas” by Joseph Millard
Director of Photography: Norman Warwick
Editor: Peter Musgrave
Music Composed by: James Stevens
Sound Recordist: George Stephenson
Wardrobe Mistress: Eileen Welch
Make-up: Bunty Phillips
Hairdresser: Ann Rogers
Models Made by and Photographed at: Bowie Films Ltd
Production Designer: Bill Constable
Made at Twickenham Film Studios, Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Cast
Robert Hutton ([Dr Curtis] Temple)
Jennifer Jayne (Lee [Mason])
Zia Mohyeddin (Farge)
Bernard Kay ([Richard] Arden)
Michael Gough (Master of the Moon)
Maurice Good ([Agent] Stilwell)
John Harvey (Bill Trethowan)
Geoffrey Wallace ([Alan] Mullane)
Luanshya Greer (girl attendant)
Diana King (Mrs Trethowan)
Paul Bacon ([Doctor] Rogers)
Christopher Banks (doctor – street)
Dermot Cathie (Peterson)
Norman Claridge (Dr [Frederick] Andrews)
James Donnelly (guard)
Frank Forsyth (Blake)
Leonard Grahame (McCabe)
Michael Hawkins (Williams)
Jack Lambert (doctor – office)
Robin Parkinson ([Doctor] Maitland)
Alternative Titles
La morte scarlatta viene dallo spazio – Italian title
Sie kamen von jenseits des Weltraums – German title
References
Periodicals
- British National Film Catalogue vol.6 (1968) – credits
- Castle of Frankenstein no.13 p.62
- The Daily Cinema no.9559 (9 August 1968) p.4 – review
- Interzone no.241 (July/August 2012) p.63 – review (by Tony Lee)
- Kine Weekly no.3174 (10 August 1968) p.20 – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.35 no.416 (September 1968) p.141 – credits, synopsis, review
- Supernatural no.1 (January 1969) pp.40-43 – illustrated interview with Milton Subotsky (The Amicus brain by Gwynne Comber)
- Variety 11 October 1967 p.22 – credits, review
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) pp.268; 269
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.145, 164
- Feature Films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.463
- Film Review 1969-70 by F. Maurice Speed (ed.) p.219 – credits, review
- The Films of Freddie Francis by Wheeler Winston Dixon pp.111-113, 224-226
- Fright Night on Channel 9 by James Arena pp.159-160
- Island of Terror: A Book of 60 Great* British SF and Fantasy Movies from 1936-1984 *And not so Great by Keith Topping pp.365-371
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee pp.486-487 – credits
- Sixties Shockers by Mark Clark and Bryan Senn pp.386-387
- The Straight Story from Moby Dick to Glory by Freddie Francis with Tony Dalton pp.144, 271
- Uneasy Dreams: The Golden Age of British Horror Films, 1956-1976 by Gary A. Smith p.212
- World Filmography 1968 by Peter Cowie (ed.) p.218
