Monsters!
February 08, 2012
Film Info
- United States
- 1959
- 77 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- English
- Spine #365
In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth’s atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster.
Cast
| Commander Charles Prescott | Marshall Thompson |
| Tia Francesca | Marla Landi |
| Captain Ben Richards | Robert Ayers |
| Assistant Chief Wilson | Bill Nagy |
| Cr. Paul Von Essen | Carl Jaffe |
| Lieutenant Dan Prescott | Bill Edwards |
| Ramon DeGareara | Roger Delgado |
| Harold Atkins | John McLaren |
Credits
| Director | Robert Day |
| Producer | John Croydon and Charles Vetter Jr. |
| Executive producer | Richard Gordon |
| Screenplay | John C. Cooper and Lance Z. Hargreaves |
| Original story | Wyott Ordung |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Music | Buxton Orr |
| Editing | Peter Mayhew |
| Electronic effects by | Sound Drama |
Disc Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer
- Audio commentary by producer Richard Gordon and writer Tom Weaver
- New video interviews with director Robert Day and costar Marla Landi
- Original theatrical trailers and radio spots
- Stills galleries featuring production and publicity photographs
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: A booklet featuring new essays by Bruce Eder and Michael Lennick
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