"The Invaders" (1967) TV series 1967-1968

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Creator:

Larry Cohen

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

10 January 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The nightmare continues!

Plot:

David Vincent, an architect returning home after a hard, hard, day parks his car in an old ghost town...

Plot Keywords:

Dying Planet | Cult TV | Hurricane | Alien | UFO

Cast

Roy Thinnes	...	David Vincent (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
Hank Simms	...	Introductory Narrator / ... (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
William Woodson	...	Narrator (43 episodes, 1967-1968)
Kent Smith	...	Edgar Scoville / ... (13 episodes, 1967-1968)

Runtime:

51 min (43 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Rossmore Leisure World, Laguna Hills, California, USA

Company:

Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

Trivia:

Some Invaders could be identified by what David Vincent a "deformed fourth finger". Technically, the finger was not deformed, but immobile, always sticking out. This device was dropped toward the end of the second season.

Quotes:

[opening narration]
Narrator: The Invaders: alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it *their* world. David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Zigra (#4.16)" (1991)

They Are Here

In the late 1960s Science Fiction on British TV consisted of Thunderbirds and little else, since Star Trek had not been aired yet,but before that "The Invaders" established a Beachhead on our late night schedules. Aged 8 , i was soon captivated by the story one mans fight to convince the world that aliens were living among us and had wormed their way into the police,government and military and were planning to take over the Earth! This was not easy; the aliens looked and acted like us but required frequent "regeneration" in transparent tubes otherwise they would die,and burn up leaving only ashes. Whenever David Vincent [played by Roy Thinnes] discovered alien installations he would phone the cops,only for the switchboard operator to be alien! By the time the cops arrived only dust would remain and Vincent waswritten off as a nut. The show had strong parallels with Cold War paranoia communist witch hunts but benefitted from fine writing and sparingly used but impressive special effects.Of the videos available in Britain i strongly recommend #1] "Beachhead"[excellent music,great story and acting from Roy and his beautiful guest star Diane Baker] and "The Saucer/The Enemy"[two superb episodes on one vid!].Also, if you can find it,"The Trial" where a human is tried for murdering an alien.The scene with the alien "parents" outside the courthou astonishing-----10/10.