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Joseph Millard (novel)
Milton Subotsky (writer)
Release Date:
May 1967 (USA) more
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Scientists investigating an unusual meteor shower in a rural field are possessed by an alien force bent on an ulterior purpose. full summary | add synopsis
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The Organian Takeover more (22 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Hutton | ... | Dr. Curtis Temple | |
| Jennifer Jayne | ... | Lee Mason | |
| Zia Mohyeddin | ... | Farge | |
| Bernard Kay | ... | Richard Arden | |
| Michael Gough | ... | Master of the Moon | |
| Geoffrey Wallace | ... | Alan Mullane | |
| Maurice Good | ... | Agent Stillwell | |
| Luanshya Greer | ... | Female Gas Station Attendant | |
| John Harvey | ... | Bill Trethowan | |
| Diana King | ... | Mrs. Trethowan | |
| Paul Bacon | ... | Dr. Rogers | |
| Christopher Banks | ... | Doctor on Street | |
| Dermot Cathie | ... | Peterson | |
| Norman Claridge | ... | Dr. Frederick Andrews | |
| James Donnelly | ... | Farm Gate Guard |
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85 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
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Referenced in Night Slaves (1970) (TV) more
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Any science fiction film that's got Michael Gough playing a character called The Master of the Moon has to be worthy of it being something less than outright awful. At that time in his career Gough was doing almost as many British horror films as Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
They Came From Beyond Space involves a race of aliens who are like the Organians from Star Trek totally incorporeal. But they sure have a lot of problems that the Organians don't seem to have. It's necessitated them taking over some earthly bodies as they come to earth hitchhiking on meteors.
Of course being as smart as the Organians they take over some scientists who operate in the United Kingdom. Except for expatriate American Robert Hutton who because he had a metal plate put in his head is somehow immune from takeover. But he sees all around him acting strangely including scientist girl friend Jennifer Jayne. That prompts him to take action.
For a guy who recently sustained a head injury Hutton certainly gets involved in a lot of fights, anyone of them could have done him in permanently. That is the nature of it for folks with plates in their heads. But that's just a minor point.
They Came From Beyond Space is poorly written, poorly edited, with amateurish special effects and a story that makes some of those Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials look believable. On the other hand it has Michael Gough hamming it up as The Master Of The Moon.
Gough might even convince you the Moon is made of green cheese and that's what the Organians eat.