This Island Earth
2½ Years in the Making!
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A mid-century sci-fi adventure about alien infiltration and interplanetary conflict that balances wonder with paranoia and Cold War anxieties.
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Essence
Ensemble
Rex Reason
Dr. Cal Meacham
Faith Domergue
Dr. Ruth Adams
Jeff Morrow
Exeter
Lance Fuller
Brack
Robert Nichols
Joe Wilson
Russell Johnson
Steve Carlson
Douglas Spencer
The Monitor of Metaluna
Karl Ludwig Lindt
Dr. Adolph Engelborg
Regis Parton
Mutant (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Pilot (uncredited)
Coleman Francis
Express Deliveryman (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Webb (uncredited)
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