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Writers:
James Eastwood (writer)
John C. Mather (play)
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Release Date:
27 April 1955 (USA) more
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Invasion from Outer Space!...Sights too weird to imagine! Destruction too monstrous to escape! more
Plot:
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Cast

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Patricia Laffan ... Nyah
Hugh McDermott ... Michael Carter
Hazel Court ... Ellen Prestwick
Peter Reynolds ... Robert Justin, alias Albert Simpson
Adrienne Corri ... Doris
Joseph Tomelty ... Prof. Arnold Hennessey
John Laurie ... Mr. Jamieson
Sophie Stewart ... Mrs. Jamieson
Anthony Richmond ... Tommy
James Edmund ... David
Stewart Hibberd ... News reader
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Runtime:
USA:77 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate number not listed) | Sweden:15

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Patricia Laffan thought her costume was hot and hard to wear. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the "indestructable" robot Chanti leaves the spaceship, a close-up of his feet reveals paint scraping off where the joints of the suit and the boots meet. more
Quotes:
Nyah: Now men look, watch the power of another world. more
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Mars needs men!!, 14 August 2000
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Author: Brian Manville (Sterno-2) from Frederick, MD

The War between the Sexes. Other than that Riggs-King tennis match and some jokes floating across the internet, it's been relatively harmless. Apparently, things didn't go quite as well on Mars, where men and women began shooting at each other in an all-out war. That is the premise behind DGfM.

Nyah, dominatrix extraordinare, lands in the Scottish highlands to procure men to help repopulate Mars. (This begs an obvious question: At some point, doesn't mean a dilution of the Martian race, since most offspring from this point will have at least half Terran blood?) Her ship is hit by a meteor, otherwise she would have landed in London, where the pickings would be a lot better.

DGfM introduces us to a truly futuristic concept of a spaceship made of organic metal and powered by reverse atomic explosions. The drawback is the hokey robot, whose arms makes Tom Servo's look downright authentic. Nyah is shown way too many times thrusting open the patio doors to intimidating music.

In our sex-obsessed world, this movie if made now would focus on men falling all over themselves to get on board to mate with Martian women. As this movie is done, it focuses more on man's free will and his natural aversion to submit to things more powerful than he than on sex, something that would be lost in any remake.

The cold, calculating Nyah's desire for breeding stock contrasts nicely with the three examples of human love expressed by those couples in the inn. Another interesting contrast is that of the arrogant scientist, who refuses to believe that which does not fit his worldview, with that of the wide-eyed wonderment of the child, who accepts what he sees on faith and doesn't question Nyah's strength or power.

The ending is an imperfect allegory of Christ's saving work for sinful mankind, but only because of who sacrifices themselves for the benefit of the others. Overall, this is a quality movie that is both thought-provoking as well as entertaining.

Sterno says follow Nyah "of your own free will."

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