This Island Earth
2½ Years in the Making!
1955 · 1h 25m · Approved
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
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This Island Earth
Overview
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Director and cast
- Joseph M. Newman Director
- Rex Reason as Dr. Cal Meacham
- Faith Domergue as Dr. Ruth Adams
- Jeff Morrow as Exeter
- Lance Fuller as Brack
- Robert Nichols as Joe Wilson
- Russell Johnson as Steve Carlson
- Douglas Spencer as The Monitor of Metaluna
- Karl Ludwig Lindt as Dr. Adolph Engelborg
- Richard Deacon as Spacecraft Pilot
- Regis Parton as Mutant
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