The Human Duplicators (1965)

Director:

Hugo Grimaldi

Writer:

Arthur C. Pierce (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Made to Kill or Love on Command!

Plot:

An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Human Duplication | MST3K | Spy | Independent Film

Cast

George Nader	...	Glenn Martin
Dolores Faith	...	Lisa Dornheimer
Richard Kiel	...	Dr. Kolos
George Macready	...	Prof. Vaughn Dornheimer
Hugh Beaumont	...	Austin Welles
Barbara Nichols	...	Gale Wilson
John Indrisano	...	Thor, the butler
Margaret Teele		(as Margot Teele)
Alean 'Bambi' Hamilton
Ted Durant	...	The Galaxy Master
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Arlen	...	National Intelligence
Larry Barton
John Dasten
Andrew Johnson
Tommy Leonetti
Lori Lyons
Walter Maslow
Benito Prezia
Mel Ruick
Kim Satana
Lonnie Sattin
Richard Schuyler
William White		(as Bill Hampton)

Also Known As:

Agente spaziale K1 (Italy)
Jaws of the Alien (USA) (video title)
Space Agent K1

Runtime:

100 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hugo Grimaldi Film Productions

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Human Duplicators (#5.20)" (1992)

Never duplicated, thank goodness....

A movie where aliens try to take over the world. Been there, seen that....

Wait, this one stars "Jaws" from the James Bond films, Beaver Cleaver's dad and some actress who name is actually credited as "Bambi".

Unique pedigree, at least.

Okay, here's the situation: "The Human Duplicators" is a film where an alien (Kiel) must destroy humanity and replace them with extremely fragile androids so his people may conquer Earth. If it were me, I would have just destroyed the world population outright but these guys look like they're waiting for some parts to come in.

Naturally, it's up to stalwart citizens like Nader and Faith to save the day and the planet, with a hefty assist from Beaumont (I expected Barbara Billingsley to come around the corner any second and tell him, "Now just hang loose, blood...."). The whole thing is a product of the early to mid-'60s, sure enough, and is the perfect movie to watch if you want a good, wholesome night of derisive laughter at other peoples' expense.

The movie ends on a semi-tragic note but you'll be crying already at the tragedy that you spent time out of your life to watch this mess. That is, if you go in expecting greatness.

Five stars for good intentions, plus one star more for seeing Kiel without the metal teeth for once. Oh, the "Human"ity!